RHSA-2026:24013
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-06-07 01:10 - Updated: 2026-07-20 13:44A flaw was found in Unbound. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending queries with an excessive number of EDNS (Extension Mechanisms for DNS) options. This can cause Unbound threads to be held hostage while parsing and creating internal data structures for these options. Coordinated attacks can lead to resource exhaustion, resulting in a degradation of service or a denial of service (DoS) for legitimate users.
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@aarch64 | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@noarch | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@src | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@x86_64 | — |
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A flaw was found in Unbound. An adversary who can query a vulnerable Unbound instance and control a slow or malicious domain name server can exploit a vulnerability in the jostle logic. This flaw allows retransmitted queries to renew the age of slow-running queries, preventing them from being identified as aged and replaced. This can degrade Unbound's resolution performance, potentially leading to a denial of resolution service through coordinated attacks.
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@aarch64 | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@noarch | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@src | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@x86_64 | — |
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A flaw was found in Unbound. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted DNS responses containing very large Resource Record Sets (RRsets) that require name compression. This can cause Unbound to spend a significant amount of time processing these responses, leading to degraded performance and potentially a denial of service (DoS) for legitimate users.
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@aarch64 | — |
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fix
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@noarch | — |
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fix
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@src | — |
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| Unresolved product id: Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@x86_64 | — |
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"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"products": [
"Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@aarch64",
"Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@noarch",
"Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@src",
"Red Hat Hardened Images:unbound-main@x86_64"
]
}
],
"threats": [
{
"category": "impact",
"details": "Important"
}
],
"title": "unbound: Unbound: Denial of Service due to excessive resource consumption with large DNS Resource Record Sets"
}
]
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.