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CVE-2026-40622

· Published 20/05/2026 10:16 · Modified 20/05/2026 14:02

Labels: CVE-2026-40622 2026-05-20CVE-2026-40622CWE-346[email protected]

Essential information

Published
20/05/2026 10:16
Modified
20/05/2026 14:02
Author
Creator
CVSS
6.6 MEDIUM (v3) 6.6 MEDIUM (v4.0)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector

CVSS metrics

Description

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability of the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value. Similar to other 'ghost domain names' attacks, an adversary needs to control a (ghost) zone and be able to query a vulnerable Unbound. A single client NS query can cause Unbound to overwrite the cached expired parent-side referral NS rrset with the child-side apex NS rrset and essentially extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value ('cache-max-ttl'). In configurations where 'harden-referral-path: yes' is used (non-default configuration), no client NS query is required since Unbound implicitly performs that query. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix that does not allow extension of TTLs for (parent) NS records regardless of their trust.

NVD status

Status
Awaiting Analysis — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
nlnet labs / unbound cpe:2.3:a:nlnet_labs:unbound:1.16.2-1.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nlnet labs / unbound cpe:2.3:a:nlnet_labs:unbound:1.25.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References