Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-5950
An unbounded resend loop vulnerability exists in the BIND 9 resolver state machine during bad-server handling, enabling a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause severe resource exhaustion by sending queries that trigger specific retry conditions.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.36 through 9.18.48, 9.20.8 through 9.20.22, 9.21.7 through 9.21.21, 9.18.36-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 34.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
Products affected by CVE-2026-5950
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.36
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.37
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.38
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.39
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.41
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.42
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.43
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.44
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.45
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.46
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.47
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.48
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.10
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.11
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.12
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.13
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.15
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.16
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.17
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.18
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.19
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.20
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.21
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.22
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.8
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.9
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.10
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.11
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.12
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.14
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.15
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.16
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.17
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.18
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.19
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.20
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.7
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.8
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cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.9