CVE-2025-40778 (GCVE-0-2025-40778)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-22 15:47 – Updated: 2026-02-26 16:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs
Summary
Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
Severity
8.6 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-07 04:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-349 - Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data
Assigner
References
3 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISC | BIND 9 |
Affected:
9.11.0 , ≤ 9.16.50
(custom)
Affected: 9.18.0 , ≤ 9.18.39 (custom) Affected: 9.20.0 , ≤ 9.20.13 (custom) Affected: 9.21.0 , ≤ 9.21.12 (custom) Affected: 9.11.3-S1 , ≤ 9.16.50-S1 (custom) Affected: 9.18.11-S1 , ≤ 9.18.39-S1 (custom) Affected: 9.20.9-S1 , ≤ 9.20.13-S1 (custom) |
guessed |
Date Public
2025-10-22 00:00
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