Use after free and crash under special conditions in RPZ code
CVE-2026-44608 is fixed in 14 products on 1 platform, first by libunbound8 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1, released May 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a locking inconsistency vulnerability that when certain conditions are met (multi-threaded, RPZ XFR reload, RPZ zone with 'rpz-nsip'/'rpz-nsdname' triggers) it could result in heap use-after-free and eventual crash. An adversary can exploit the vulnerability if conditions are first met on a vulnerable Unbound, i.e., multi-threaded, an RPZ zone with 'rpz-nsip'/'rpz-nsdname' triggers and an ongoing XFR for that RPZ zone. Local RPZ files do not trigger the vulnerability. If the timing is right and an XFR happens at the same time another thread needs to read that RPZ zone, the reader may not hold the lock long enough and the thread applying the XFR may free objects that the reader is about to walk causing the use-after-free. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to the locking code.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| libunbound8 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | libunbound8 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | May 27, 2026 |
| libunbound8 · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | libunbound8 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | May 27, 2026 |
| libunbound8 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | libunbound8 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | May 19, 2026 |
| python3-unbound · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | python3-unbound 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | May 27, 2026 |
| python3-unbound · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | python3-unbound 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | May 27, 2026 |
| python3-unbound · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | python3-unbound 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | May 19, 2026 |
| python3-unbound · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| python3-unbound-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1.22.0-2+deb13u3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44608 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound · Debian 14 | 1.25.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44608 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | unbound 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | unbound 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | unbound 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | May 19, 2026 |
| unbound · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 1.24.1-160000.2.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21083-1 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| unbound · sles 16.0 | 1.24.1-160000.2.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22160-1 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | unbound-anchor 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | unbound-anchor 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | unbound-anchor 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | May 19, 2026 |
| unbound-anchor · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-anchor-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-devel · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-host · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | unbound-host 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound-host · Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) | 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | unbound-host 1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3 | May 27, 2026 |
| unbound-host · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) | 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | unbound-host 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1 | May 19, 2026 |
| unbound-libs · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-utils · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
| unbound-utils-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.12 | ALAS2023-2026-1756 | May 25, 2026 |
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