Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-80274: If a BIND resolver sends a query for a DNSSEC-signed authoritative zone, and the authoritative server replies with a valid wildcard answer and signed NSEC3 proof, followed by an unsigned NSEC at the same owner name, it will trigger an unexpected program exit. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1. CVE-2026-78301: A malformed zone may contain an NS or DNAME node above its origin, which `named` treats as a zone cut. If an attacker inserts a malformed zone into a BIND authoritative server (e.g., via zone transfer), queries for names inside the configured zone then lose authoritative status and return an out-of-zone delegation. On a server that also provides recursion BIND can follow this locally sourced cut and cache attacker-supplied data, affecting names outside the configured zone. This situation persists as long as the malformed zone remains in the zone database. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1. CVE-2026-75029: In a query response, an attacker may send `named` multiple copies of a record that should only exist once (such as an SOA record). If the RDATA is the same on all the copies, the record is appended to the in-memory RDATA set, which can cause increased memory usage of the negative cache and possibly lead to other memory attack vectors. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1. CVE-2026-19941: An inapplicable NSEC record may be accepted by a `named` resolver as proof that no wildcard exists, which could allow an attacker at the same or an upstream level of the zone name to mask the existence of a victim's wildcard record. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1. CVE-2026-19666: On a resolver configured to use ``dns64``, if an applicable answer from the authoritative server is malformed in a specific way, the resolver `named` process will exit unexpectedly. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1. CVE-2026-19662: An attacker may be able to cause a `named` resolver to abort. The attack requires inducing the victim resolver to send multiple queries for a DNSSEC-signed zone hosted by an authoritative server under the control of the attacker. If the auth responds with a particular sequence of crafted answers, and those answers arrive in a particular order with particular timing, the `named` resolver will encounter a use-after-free bug, and abort. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1. CVE-2026-19033: For a secondary zone with transfers restricted by TSIG, `named` may start to serve the data provided in a zone transfer before the final message with the TSIG signature arrives. This could allow an attacker that does not actually possess a valid TSIG signature to send unauthorized zone contents to a secondary server. Although no TSIG signature ever arrives, `named` does not rollback to the pre-transfer state. To exploit the vulnerability, the transfer must be a multi-message TCP IXFR, as described by RFC 8945. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1.
Fixed packages 17
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
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| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-chroot | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-debuginfo | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-devel | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-export-devel | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-export-libs | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-libs | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-libs-lite | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-license | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-lite-devel | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-pkcs11 | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-pkcs11-devel | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-pkcs11-libs | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-pkcs11-utils | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-sdb | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-sdb-chroot | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bind-utils | 32:9.11.4-26.P2.amzn2.13.18 |
Vulnerabilities 7
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High 7.5
Use-after-free in query_addnoqnameproof() via the DNS64 filter64 path
On a resolver configured to use ``dns64``, if an applicable answer from the authoritative server is malformed in a specific way, the resolver `named` process will exit unexpectedly. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.2…
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High 7.5
Validating resolver can abort while caching a mismatched NOQNAME proof
If a BIND resolver sends a query for a DNSSEC-signed authoritative zone, and the authoritative server replies with a valid wildcard answer and signed NSEC3 proof, followed by an unsigned NSEC at the same owner name, it will trigger an unexpected program exit.…
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Medium 6.5
Unauthenticated IXFR deltas are applied to the live zone before TSIG verification
For a secondary zone with transfers restricted by TSIG, `named` may start to serve the data provided in a zone transfer before the final message with the TSIG signature arrives. This could allow an attacker that does not actually possess a valid TSIG signatur…
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Medium 5.9
qpcache NOQNAME proof use-after-free crashes recursive resolver
An attacker may be able to cause a `named` resolver to abort. The attack requires inducing the victim resolver to send multiple queries for a DNSSEC-signed zone hosted by an authoritative server under the control of the attacker. If the auth responds with a p…
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Medium 5.9
checkwildcard() accepts an out-of-zone NSEC as a wildcard-nonexistence proof
An inapplicable NSEC record may be accepted by a `named` resolver as proof that no wildcard exists, which could allow an attacker at the same or an upstream level of the zone name to mask the existence of a victim's wildcard record. This issue affects BIND 9 …
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Medium 5.8
Out-of-zone database nodes can become authoritative zone cuts
A malformed zone may contain an NS or DNAME node above its origin, which `named` treats as a zone cut. If an attacker inserts a malformed zone into a BIND authoritative server (e.g., via zone transfer), queries for names inside the configured zone then lose a…
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Medium 5.3
Message parser retains every identical singleton RDATA, enabling wire-to-work amplification
In a query response, an attacker may send `named` multiple copies of a record that should only exist once (such as an SOA record). If the RDATA is the same on all the copies, the record is appended to the in-memory RDATA set, which can cause increased memory …
References
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-19033.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-19662.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-19666.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-19941.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-75029.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-78301.html
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-80274.html