RHEL 8 : bind9.16 (RHSA-2026:79160)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364313

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:79160 advisory.

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols.
BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

Security Fix(es):

* bind: BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation (CVE-2026-3039)

* bind: BIND: Denial of Service via specially crafted DNS messages (CVE-2026-5946)

* bind9: bind: Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass (CVE-2026-11331)

* bind: bind9: DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Out-of-Zone NSEC Next Field (CVE-2026-13321)

* bind: bind9: Potential memory usage beyond configured limits (CVE-2026-11622)

* bind: bind9: Cache poisoning via label count discrepancy, RRSIG, wildcards (CVE-2026-11721)

* bind: bind9: Unexpected exit with NSEC and NSEC3 both present (CVE-2026-13204)

* bind: bind9: Incorrect acceptance of NSEC3 records (CVE-2026-10723)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* bind9.16: New root trust anchor key for DNSSEC (JIRA:RHEL-272314)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected bind9.16, bind9.16-dnssec-utils and / or bind9.16-libs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364313

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-79160.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2026

Updated: 10/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

Percentile: 95.81

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13321

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind9.16

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-10723, CVE-2026-11331, CVE-2026-11622, CVE-2026-11721, CVE-2026-13204, CVE-2026-13321, CVE-2026-3039, CVE-2026-5946

CWE: 1287, 20, 345, 400, 617, 770

RHSA: 2026:79160

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