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archivevulnerability · 17 Sep 2026 · 12:30 UTC

Critical Unbound DNSSEC Validator Flaw Could Allow RCE via a Malicious DNS Zone

VULNCVE-2026-81642source · THN

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Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer NLnet Labs said in an advisory on Wednesday. An attacker who controls a malicious zone and queries a vulnerable resolver can trigger it, enabling remote code execution. …

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