CVE-2026-96405

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.26.1 limits compression-pointer traversal for each individual domain-name operation but has no aggregate inbound decompression-work budget. Many chained compression pointers in a message results in a lot of CPU usage following them. A malicious actor with recursive-query access and control of an ordinarily delegated authority that serves specially crafted replies can exploit the vulnerability and degrade Unbound's general performance.
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History

21 Oct 2026, 09:17

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Information

Published : 2026-10-21 09:17

Updated : 2026-10-29 19:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-96405

Mitre link : CVE-2026-96405

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-96405


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CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling