Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-82720
NLnet Labs Unbound 1.12.0 up to and including 1.26.0 has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-HTTPs support with '--with-libnghttp2'. During failure code paths (i.e., RPZ drop query, jostle due to heavy traffic), a dropped DoH stream brings down the whole DoH session and does not account properly for other DoH streams in the same session. This leads to use-after-free in those code paths. If the prerequisites are satisfied (possible RPZ drop or heavy client traffic), a malicious actor can trigger the vulnerability with a single DoH connection and the appropriate traffic. Impact is limited as the reads are not user controlled and the use-after-free leads to early returns. However, a hardened allocator can catch the use-after-free and controllably terminate the process resulting to denial of service.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 30.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
Products affected by CVE-2026-82720
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.13.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.23.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.24.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.24.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.25.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.25.2