CVE 7.5 HIGH

Excessive NSEC3 iterations cause high CPU load during insecure delegation validation_CVE-2026-1519

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

If a BIND resolver is performing DNSSEC validation and encounters a maliciously crafted zone, the resolver may consume excessive CPU. Authoritative-only servers are generally unaffected, although there are circumstances where authoritative servers may make recursive queries (see: https://kb.isc.org/docs/why-does-my-authoritative-server-make-recursive-queries).
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.46, 9.20.0 through 9.20.20, 9.21.0 through 9.21.19, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.46-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.20-S1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-1519
Source isc
Published Mar 25, 2026 at 13:25
Modified Mar 25, 2026 at 14:55

Affected Product

Vendor ISC
Product BIND 9
Version 9.11.0
Affected Versions ISC BIND 9 9.11.0
ISC BIND 9 9.18.0
ISC BIND 9 9.20.0
ISC BIND 9 9.21.0
ISC BIND 9 9.11.3-S1
ISC BIND 9 9.18.11-S1
ISC BIND 9 9.20.9-S1

CWE Classification

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