Description
In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when downstream DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) is enabled, the first two bidirectional streams on a new QUIC connection (stream_id 0 and 4) bypass the per-stream 'quic-size' gate entirely, and large input buffers are allocated later, after only the 2-byte length prefix has been received from the initial streams. As a result, a remote client can make Unbound exceed the configured 'quic-size' limit with low-cost input. Using only one connection and two streams, each sending a declared 65535-byte length prefix and then holding the streams open, a client can already trivially make Unbound roughly allocate double that amount. This is a remote availability issue / memory-accounting bypass in the downstream DoQ implementation that leads to denial of service for new DoQ clients. This vulnerability needs Unbound to be compiled with DoQ support ('--with-libngtcp2') and the 'quic-port' to be configured for the listening interfaces.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLnet Labs | Unbound | 1.22.0 – < 1.25.2 | 1.25.2 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | unbound | 1.25.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | unbound | 1.26.1-0+deb13u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | unbound | 1.25.1-1ubuntu3.1 | USN-8946-2 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | unbound | 1.24.2-1ubuntu2.4 | USN-8946-1 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | unbound | 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.12 | USN-8946-1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | unbound | 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.17 | USN-8946-1 |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | unbound | 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.11+esm3 | USN-8946-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | unbound | 1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm6 | USN-8946-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | unbound | 1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm5 | USN-8946-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | unbound | 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm5 | USN-8946-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Images 1 | unbound +7 | 1.25.2-0.1.hum1 | RHSA-2026:43588 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | unbound | 1.25.2-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23226-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23215-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | unbound | 1.25.2-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23226-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23215-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | unbound | 1.25.2-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23050-1 |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLE Micro 6.1 | unbound | 1.25.2-slfo.1.1_1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23349-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.0 | unbound | 1.25.2-1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23360-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | unbound | 1.25.2-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11380-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | unbound | 1.25.2-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21550-1 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | unbound | 1.25.2-1 | — |
Advisories 12
- USN-8946-2 unbound vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 11, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-2492 Unbound: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 10, 2026
- USN-8946-1 unbound vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 21, 2026
- RHSA-2026:43588 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23349-1 Security update for unbound SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 10, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23360-1 Security update for unbound SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 10, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23226-1 Security update for unbound SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23215-1 Security update for unbound SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-3038 Meinberg LANTIME: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 26, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21550-1 Security update for unbound SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 12, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23050-1 Security update for unbound SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 12, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11380-1 libunbound8-1.25.2-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 27, 2026
References
- https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-32665.txt vendor-advisory