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CVE-2026-78301Out-of-zone database nodes can become authoritative zone cuts

Description

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.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By isc

  2. · 23 days later

    Published

  3. · 1 day later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-78301, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
iscCNA (assigner)3.1Medium5.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis3.1Medium5.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.

Affected products

  • ISC · BIND 9

    • affected 9.11.0 – ≤ 9.18.50
    • affected 9.20.0 – ≤ 9.20.27
    • affected 9.21.0 – ≤ 9.21.25
    • affected 9.11.3-S1 – ≤ 9.18.50-S1
    • affected 9.20.9-S1 – ≤ 9.20.27-S1

What to do

Solution: Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.20.29, 9.21.26, or 9.20.29-S1.

Workaround: No workarounds known.

Exploitation: We are not aware of any active exploits.

References

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