CVE detail
CVE-2026-55717
In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.10.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when 'serve-expired: yes' is set together with a 'response-ip: <net> redirect' /'response-ip-data: <net> CNAME <target>' rule (or the RPZ 'rpz-cname-override' equivalent), a remote client who controls any delegated domain can crash the daemon. The serve-expired-client-timeout callback runs a two-pass loop to chase the respip-generated CNAME alias; on the second pass it resets 'alias_rrset' but not 'partial_rep'. Later, this inconsistency leads to a NULL pointer dereference and an eventual crash. A malicious actor can exploit the vulnerability by controlling any zone that replies with an A/AAAA record that falls inside the configured response-ip/rpz subnet. By delaying the answer when the previous record has expired, the vulnerable path of 'serve-expired-client-timeout' is taken leading to denial of service via the server crash.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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- CVE-2026-55717 'serve-expired-client-timeout' and 'response-ip' CNAME redirect could lead to a crashMicrosoft MSRC
Information published.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comJul 23, 2026, 8:04 AM - https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-55717.txtwww.nlnetlabs.nl
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Vendor Advisorywww.nlnetlabs.nlJul 22, 2026, 2:17 PM
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