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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-78227 EUVD-2026-80288GHSA-jwvw-q5m4-rjxh

Use-after-free in DoQ stream output buffer on reset re-transmission

Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by NLnet Labs

Description

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.26.1, has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-QUIC support with '--with-libngtcp2'. Each DoQ stream owns an output buffer that holds the DNS response. ngtcp2's retransmission buffer keeps a shallow pointer into the output buffer for as long as a STREAM frame may be resent. On a client RESET_STREAM, the output buffer is freed but ngtcp2 still holds the matching retransmission entries. The next PTO timeout makes ngtcp2 re-encode the STREAM frame and copy from the freed buffer. A malicious actor that can query Unbound over DoQ and that withholds ACKs, sends RESET_STREAM, and waits for PTO, reaches this use-after-free with no privilege. This leads to retransmissions against freed memory and eventually an abnormal server exit under a 20-query spray.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 – < 1.26.1 1.26.1

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 unbound 1.26.1-1 —
Debian 13 unbound 1.26.1-0+deb13u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 unbound No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS unbound No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 unbound +7 1.26.1-1.hum1 RHSA-2026:68590
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 unbound 1.26.1-150600.23.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4620-1
SLES 15 SP6 unbound 1.26.1-150600.23.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4620-1
SLES 15 SP5 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
SLES 15 SP4 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 unbound 1.26.1-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24226-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 unbound 1.26.1-150600.23.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4620-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
SLES 16.0 unbound 1.26.1-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24226-1
SLE Micro 6.2 unbound 1.26.1-160000.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24128-1
SLE Micro 6.1 unbound 1.26.1-slfo.1.1_1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24376-1
SLE Micro 6.0 unbound 1.26.1-159998.1.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24135-1
SLE Micro 5.5 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 unbound 1.26.1-150100.10.31.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4624-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed unbound 1.26.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11930-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 unbound 1.26.1-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22082-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 unbound 1.26.1-1 —

Advisories 10

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