CVE-2026-5946 (GCVE-0-2026-5946)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-20 13:10 – Updated: 2026-09-17 12:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Invalid handling of CLASS != IN
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-20 13:40 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
18 references
Impacted products
14 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISC | BIND 9 |
Affected:
9.11.0 , ≤ 9.16.50
(custom)
Affected: 9.18.0 , ≤ 9.18.48 (custom) Affected: 9.20.0 , ≤ 9.20.22 (custom) Affected: 9.21.0 , ≤ 9.21.21 (custom) Affected: 9.11.3-S1 , ≤ 9.16.50-S1 (custom) Affected: 9.18.11-S1 , ≤ 9.18.48-S1 (custom) Affected: 9.20.9-S1 , ≤ 9.20.22-S1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
Unaffected:
32:9.18.33-15.el10_2.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support |
Unaffected:
32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.21 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
32:9.16.23-0.22.el8_10.6 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
Unaffected:
32:9.11.36-16.el8_10.8 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
32:9.16.23-40.el9_8.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
Unaffected:
32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.2 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions |
Unaffected:
32:9.16.23-18.el9_4.12 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.4 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support |
Unaffected:
32:9.16.23-31.el9_6.4 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 |
Unaffected:
416.94.202609011112-0 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images |
Unaffected:
9.18.49-1.hum1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 |
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
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Date Public
2026-05-20 00:00
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