CVE 5.7 MEDIUM

Possible domain hijacking via promiscuous records in the authority section_CVE-2025-11411

5.7 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P

Description

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.24.0 is vulnerable to possible domain hijack attacks. Promiscuous NS RRSets that complement positive DNS replies in the authority section can be used to trick resolvers to update their delegation information for the zone. Usually these RRSets are used to update the resolver's knowledge of the zone's name servers. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by injecting NS RRSets (and possibly their respective address records) in a reply. This could be done for example by trying to spoof a packet or fragmentation attacks. Unbound would then proceed to update the NS RRSet data it already has since the new data has enough trust for it, i.e., in-zone data for the delegation point. Unbound 1.24.1 includes a fix that scrubs unsolicited NS RRSets (and their respective address records) from replies mitigating the possible poison effect.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-11411
Source NLnet Labs
Published Oct 22, 2025 at 12:28
Modified Oct 22, 2025 at 13:21

Affected Product

Vendor NLnet Labs
Product Unbound
Affected Versions NLnet Labs Unbound 0

CWE Classification

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