CVE 7.5 HIGH

BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation_CVE-2026-3039

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

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-3039
Source isc
Published May 20, 2026 at 13:09

Affected Product

Vendor ISC
Product BIND 9
Version 9.0.0
Affected Versions ISC BIND 9 9.0.0
ISC BIND 9 9.18.0
ISC BIND 9 9.20.0
ISC BIND 9 9.21.0
ISC BIND 9 9.9.3-S1
ISC BIND 9 9.18.11-S1
ISC BIND 9 9.20.9-S1

CWE Classification

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