CVE-2026-44690

Cross-zone wildcard cache poisoning via RRSIG.labels manipulation

CVE-2026-44690 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44690, released July 28, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
8.6
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0015
4th percentile

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, insufficient validation of the RRSIG.Labels field combined with premature cache writes during RFC 8198 aggressive NSEC processing leads to cache poisoning that permits a malicious actor controlling a single delegated zone to poison arbitrary sibling zones under NSEC-signed parent domains. A malicious actor with one registered domain under an NSEC-signed TLD can serve malicious insecure DNS responses for unrelated sibling domains (sharing the same parent zone). Arbitrary delegations that do not exist under the parent domain and are covered by the parent's NSEC chain can be brought into insecure existence by fraudulent wildcard DS records (less labels than expected, unknown algorithm) from the malicious sibling domain. This allows the malicious actor to inject insecure wildcard records for those delegations.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libunbound8 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 libunbound8 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 Sep 16, 2026
libunbound8 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 libunbound8 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 Sep 16, 2026
libunbound8 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 libunbound8 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 Sep 16, 2026
libunbound8 · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 libunbound8 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 Sep 16, 2026
python-unbound · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 python-unbound 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 Sep 16, 2026
python3-unbound · RHEL 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 RHSA-2026:55784 Aug 19, 2026
python3-unbound · RHEL 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:55841 Aug 19, 2026
python3-unbound · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 python3-unbound 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 Sep 16, 2026
python3-unbound · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 python3-unbound 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 Sep 16, 2026
python3-unbound · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 python3-unbound 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 Sep 16, 2026
python3-unbound · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 python3-unbound 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 Sep 16, 2026
python3-unbound · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
python3-unbound · almalinux 8 1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ALSA-2026:55784 Aug 17, 2026
python3-unbound · almalinux 9 1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:55841 Aug 17, 2026
python3-unbound · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
python3-unbound · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
python3-unbound · ol 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ELSA-2026-55784 Aug 17, 2026
python3-unbound · ol 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-55841 Aug 17, 2026
python3-unbound-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.26.1-0+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44690 Jul 28, 2026
unbound · Debian 14 1.25.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44690 Jul 28, 2026
unbound · RHEL 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 RHSA-2026:55892 Aug 18, 2026
unbound · RHEL 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 RHSA-2026:55784 Aug 19, 2026
unbound · RHEL 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:55841 Aug 19, 2026
unbound · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 unbound 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 Sep 16, 2026
unbound · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 unbound 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 Sep 16, 2026
unbound · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 unbound 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 Sep 16, 2026
unbound · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 unbound 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 Sep 16, 2026
unbound · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound · almalinux 8 1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ALSA-2026:55784 Aug 17, 2026
unbound · almalinux 9 1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound · ol 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ELSA-2026-55784 Aug 17, 2026
unbound · ol 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound · opensuse-leap 16.0 1.25.2-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21550-1 Aug 10, 2026
unbound · rocky 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 RLSA-2026:55892 Aug 18, 2026
unbound · rocky 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 RLSA-2026:55784 Aug 18, 2026
unbound · rocky 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 RLSA-2026:55841 Aug 18, 2026
unbound · sles 15.6 1.25.2-150600.23.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3885-1 Aug 31, 2026
unbound · sles 15.7 1.25.2-150600.23.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3885-1 Aug 31, 2026
unbound · sles 16.0 1.25.2-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23226-1 Aug 10, 2026
unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 unbound-anchor 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 unbound-anchor 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 unbound-anchor 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-anchor · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 unbound-anchor 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-anchor · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-anchor · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-anchor · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-anchor-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 RHSA-2026:55784 Aug 19, 2026
unbound-devel · RHEL 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:55841 Aug 19, 2026
unbound-devel · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-devel · almalinux 8 1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ALSA-2026:55784 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-devel · almalinux 9 1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-devel · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-devel · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-devel · ol 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ELSA-2026-55784 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-devel · ol 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-dracut · RHEL 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:55841 Aug 19, 2026
unbound-dracut · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-dracut · almalinux 9 1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-dracut · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-dracut · ol 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-host · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 unbound-host 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-host · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 unbound-host 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-host · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 unbound-host 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-host · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 unbound-host 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 Sep 16, 2026
unbound-libs · RHEL 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 RHSA-2026:55784 Aug 19, 2026
unbound-libs · RHEL 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 RHSA-2026:55841 Aug 19, 2026
unbound-libs · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-libs · almalinux 8 1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ALSA-2026:55784 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-libs · almalinux 9 1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ALSA-2026:55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-libs · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-libs · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-libs · ol 8 0:1.16.2-5.14.el8_10 ELSA-2026-55784 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-libs · ol 9 0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.4 ELSA-2026-55841 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-utils · almalinux 10 1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ALSA-2026:55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-utils · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026
unbound-utils · ol 10 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.4 ELSA-2026-55892 Aug 17, 2026
unbound-utils-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2026-2033 Aug 3, 2026

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