CVE-2026-5946

Published: Mag 20, 2026 Last Modified: Mag 20, 2026
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
HIGH 7,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high

Description

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Multiple flaws have been identified in `named` related to the handling of DNS messages whose CLASS is not Internet (`IN`) — for example, `CHAOS` or `HESIOD`, or DNS messages that specify meta-classes (`ANY` or `NONE`) in the question section. Specially crafted requests reaching the affected code paths — recursion, dynamic updates (`UPDATE`), zone change notifications (`NOTIFY`), or processing of `IN`-specific record types in non-`IN` data — can cause assertion failures in `named`.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

20

Improper Input Validation

Stable
Abstraction: Class Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability Confidentiality Integrity
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu) Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory) Read Memory Read Files Or Directories Modify Memory Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Applicable Platforms
Technologies: AI/ML
Likelihood of Exploit: High
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125

Out-of-bounds Read

Draft
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality Availability Other
Potential Impacts:
Read Memory Bypass Protection Mechanism Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Varies By Context
Applicable Platforms
Languages: Memory-Unsafe, C, C++
Technologies: ICS/OT
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617

Reachable Assertion

Draft
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Applicable Platforms
Languages: Not Language-Specific, C, Java, Rust
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754

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Incomplete
Abstraction: Class Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Unexpected State
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
Likelihood of Exploit: Medium
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843

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

Incomplete
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability Integrity Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Read Memory Modify Memory Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Applicable Platforms
Languages: C, C++
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https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-5946
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-5946