RHEL 9 : bind (RHSA-2026:97586)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 378199

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:97586 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: Amplification vulnerabilities via self-pointed glue records (CVE-2026-3592)

* bind: Unbounded resend loop in BIND 9 resolver (CVE-2026-5950)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Bind 9.16.23 DNSSEC Key Rollover with KASP Causes ZSK Key To Be Removed Prematurely (JIRA:RHEL-12487)

* nslookup does not return and hang at epoll_wait() on some special occasions. (JIRA:RHEL-29712)

* Update to latest minor version 9.16.50 [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:RHEL-6454)

* pkcs11-tools test failing on engine (JIRA:RHEL-213788)

* dig on s390x does not return output when fails (JIRA:RHEL-212648)

* bind: New root trust anchor key for DNSSEC [rhel-9.9] (JIRA:RHEL-255745)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from 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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:97586

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479768

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479773

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-6454

http://www.nessus.org/u?6dff550e

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa1363de

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 378199

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-97586.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2026

Updated: 11/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-chroot, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dnssec-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dnssec-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-license, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-bind

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: 11/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3592, CVE-2026-5950

CWE: 770, 835

RHSA: 2026:97586