Description
In a BIND resolver, inbound DNS protocol messages with a particular structure will result in additional processing, with no limit imposed by BIND. A DNS message with a maliciously large number of such structures will cause BIND to consume disproportionate amounts of CPU time and memory during processing.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.
Published: 2026-10-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.20.30, 9.21.27, or 9.20.30-S1.


Vendor Workaround

No workarounds known.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6576-1 bind9 security update
History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In a BIND resolver, inbound DNS protocol messages with a particular structure will result in additional processing, with no limit imposed by BIND. A DNS message with a maliciously large number of such structures will cause BIND to consume disproportionate amounts of CPU time and memory during processing. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.
Title Amplified resource exhaustion in inbound message processing
First Time appeared Isc
Isc bind
Weaknesses CWE-407
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Isc
Isc bind
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T17:19:14.434Z

Reserved: 2026-08-12T15:49:27.570Z

Link: CVE-2026-19630

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T13:18:32.453

Modified: 2026-10-21T18:17:28.273

Link: CVE-2026-19630

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T17:45:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-407

    Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity