{"uuid": "c0ec958c-dcce-456e-af6c-df92a7eba755", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-81642", "type": "seen", "source": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/critical-unbound-dnssec-validator-flaw.html", "content": "Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer NLnet Labs said in an&nbsp;advisory&nbsp;on Wednesday.\n\nAn attacker who controls a malicious zone and queries a vulnerable resolver can trigger it, enabling remote code execution.\n\nUnbound 1.26.1, released the same day, fixes the bug, tracked as&nbsp;CVE-2026-81642, along with", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-18T01:00:35.681173Z"}