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High 7.5Published Jul 22, 2026

CVE-2026-11622Potential memory usage beyond configured limits

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It affects ISC BIND 9. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer from runaway memory usage. The attacker needs to be able to send queries faster than the resolver can perform validation. The increased memory usage can be orders of magnitude beyond the limit configured in the `max-cache-size` parameter. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 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.

CVSS
7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
isc
NVD analysis
Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated
Jul 22, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
ISC BIND 9
isc:bind_9 (from the name)
from 9.11.0 through 9.18.50; from 9.20.0 through 9.20.24; from 9.21.0 through 9.21.23; from 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1; from 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1
CNA record

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