CVE-2026-82720

Use-after-free in DoH stream cleanup code path

CVE-2026-82720 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-82720, released September 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.9
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0038
32nd percentile

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.12.0 up to and including 1.26.0 has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-HTTPs support with '--with-libnghttp2'. During failure code paths (i.e., RPZ drop query, jostle due to heavy traffic), a dropped DoH stream brings down the whole DoH session and does not account properly for other DoH streams in the same session. This leads to use-after-free in those code paths. If the prerequisites are satisfied (possible RPZ drop or heavy client traffic), a malicious actor can trigger the vulnerability with a single DoH connection and the appropriate traffic. Impact is limited as the reads are not user controlled and the use-after-free leads to early returns. However, a hardened allocator can catch the use-after-free and controllably terminate the process resulting to denial of service.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
python3-unbound · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
python3-unbound-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1.26.1-0+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-82720 Sep 19, 2026
unbound · Debian 14 1.26.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-82720 Sep 19, 2026
unbound · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound · opensuse-leap 16.0 1.26.1-160000.1.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22082-1 Nov 7, 2026
unbound · sles 15.6 1.26.1-150600.23.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4620-1 Nov 7, 2026
unbound · sles 15.7 1.26.1-150600.23.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4620-1 Nov 7, 2026
unbound · sles 16.0 1.26.1-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24226-1 Nov 7, 2026
unbound-anchor · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-anchor-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-debugsource · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-devel · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-libs · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-utils · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026
unbound-utils-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-3127 Sep 28, 2026

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