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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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
