CVE-2026-3039 (GCVE-0-2026-3039)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-20 13:09 – Updated: 2026-05-20 13:43
VLAI?
Title
BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation
Summary
BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or Kerberos-secured DNS environments. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 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, 9.9.3-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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-771 - Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource
Assigner
isc
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ISC BIND 9 Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 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: 9.9.3-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)
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Date Public ?
2026-05-20 00:00
Credits
ISC would like to thank Vitaly Simonovich for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
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