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High ELSA-2026-23231 3 CVEs

Important: unbound security update (Oracle Linux 10)

Published Jul 21, 2026 · Updated Jul 21, 2026

Summary

[1.24.2-15]
- Fix CVE-2026-42534: Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance

[1.24.2-14]
- Fix CVE-2026-41292: DoS via excessive EDNS options

[1.24.2-13]
- Add upstream unit test for CVE-2026-40622

[1.24.2-12]
- Fix CVE-2026-44390: DoS with large RRsets

[1.24.2-11]
- Fix CVE-2026-40622: cache manipulation via 'ghost domain names' attack

[1.24.2-10]
- Fix CVE-2026-42959

[1.24.2-9]
- Fix CVE-2026-42944

[1.24.2-8]
- Fix CVE-2026-33278

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 10 python3-unbound 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2
Oracle Linux · 10 unbound 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2
Oracle Linux · 10 unbound-anchor 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2
Oracle Linux · 10 unbound-devel 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2
Oracle Linux · 10 unbound-dracut 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2
Oracle Linux · 10 unbound-libs 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2
Oracle Linux · 10 unbound-utils 0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.2

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.1

    Possible arbitrary code execution during DNSSEC validation

    NLnet Labs Unbound 1.19.1 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that enables denial of service and possible remote code execution as a result of deep copying a data structure and erroneously overwriting a destination p…

  • High 8.7

    Heap overflow with multiple NSID, COOKIE, PADDING EDNS options

    NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability that results in heap overflow when encoding multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options in the reply packet. The relevant options ('nsid', 'answer-cookie', '…

  • High 8.7

    Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content

    NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 has a denial of service vulnerability in the DNSSEC validator that can lead to a crash given malicious upstream replies. When Unbound constructs chase-reply messages for validation, the code uses the wrong…