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GHSA-4FW4-HMVF-4WWW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-07-22 15:31

Details

BIND may accept incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records as valid, which could allow an attacker to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-4fw4-hmvf-4www",
  "modified": "2026-07-22T15:31:26Z",
  "published": "2026-07-22T15:31:26Z",
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      "url": "https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.26"
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CVE-2026-10723 (GCVE-0-2026-10723)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-22 14:08 – Updated: 2026-07-22 14:08

Title

Incorrect acceptance of NSEC3 records

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

isc

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-10723	vendor-advisory
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.26	patch
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.24	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ISC	BIND 9	Affected: 9.18.0 , ≤ 9.18.50 (custom) Affected: 9.20.0 , ≤ 9.20.24 (custom) Affected: 9.21.0 , ≤ 9.21.23 (custom) Affected: 9.11.3-S1 , ≤ 9.18.50-S1 (custom) Affected: 9.20.9-S1 , ≤ 9.20.24-S1 (custom)

Date Public

2026-07-22 00:00

Credits

ISC would like to thank Qifan Zhang of Palo Alto Networks for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.

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GHSA-4FW4-HMVF-4WWW

CVE-2026-10723 (GCVE-0-2026-10723)

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