CVE-2026-96888

high

Description

A BIND resolver that is configured with both a "redirect" zone and "qname-minimization strict" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.

References

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-96888

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-107255

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.27

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.30

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-21

Updated: 2026-10-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High