CVE-2026-50243

Published: Lug 22, 2026 Last Modified: Lug 24, 2026
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Google Dorks:
MEDIUM 6,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
LOW 3,7
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none

Description

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In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.6.2 up to and including 1.25.1, when Unbound is configured with the 'respip' module in front of the validator together with a 'response-ip' redirect rule or an RPZ file with an RPZ-IP trigger, the rewriting handler does not check the security status of the upstream answer and can instead rewrite a BOGUS A/AAAA answer to point to an operator's configured IP. If the validator finds an expired or otherwise invalid RRSIG on an answer whose A record falls within a 'response-ip'/RPZ configuration, the answer is still rewritten and given a hard coded security level of INSECURE. This results in the client receiving an INSECURE NOERROR reply rewritten by the operator's configured IP. A malicious actor can exploit the possible poisonous effect by spoofing a BOGUS A/AAAA answer that falls inside the operator's configured subnet rewrites. Such DNSSEC protected answers are then insecurely redirected to the operator's configured target.

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Use of Less Trusted Source

Draft
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
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Application

Unbound by Nlnetlabs

Product Information
Vendor Nlnetlabs
Product Unbound
Version Range Affected
From 1.6.2 (inclusive)
To 1.25.2 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-50243.t…
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-50243.txt