CVE-2026-3104A specially crafted domain can be used to cause a memory leak in a BIND resolver simply by querying this domain.
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A specially crafted domain can be used to cause a memory leak in a BIND resolver simply by querying this domain. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.20, 9.21.0 through 9.21.19, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.20-S1. BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.46 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.46-S1 are NOT affected.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-772, CWE-401
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
isc bind isc:bind | from 9.20.0 before 9.20.21; from 9.21.0 before 9.21.20 | NVD |
References
- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.21patch
- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.20patch
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3104vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6935
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3104
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451310
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3104.json
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