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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
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.36
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.36
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.37
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.37
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.38
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.38
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.39
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.39
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.41
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.41
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.42
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.42
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.43
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.43
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.44
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.44
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.45
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.45
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.46
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.46
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.47
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.47
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.18.48
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.18.48
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.10
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.10
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.11
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.11
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.12
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.12
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.13
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.13
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.15
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.15
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.16
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.16
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.17
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.17
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.18
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.18
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.19
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.19
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.20
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.20
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.21
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.21
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.22
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.22
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.8
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.8
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.20.9
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.20.9
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.10
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.10
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.11
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.11
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.12
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.12
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.14
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.14
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.15
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.15
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.16
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.16
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.17
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.17
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.18
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.18
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.19
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.19
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.20
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.20
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.7
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.7
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.8
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.8
  • Isc » Bind » Version: 9.21.9
    cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.21.9


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