CVE-2026-3039

20.05.2026, 13:16

BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets.  Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or Kerberos-secured DNS environments.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.5 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: Unknown

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

bind9

bookworm	vulnerable
bookworm (security)	vulnerable
bullseye	vulnerable
bullseye (security)	vulnerable
forky	vulnerable
sid	vulnerable
trixie	vulnerable
trixie (security)	vulnerable

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-771 - Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource
The software does not properly maintain a reference to a resource that has been allocated, which prevents the resource from being reclaimed.

References

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3039