DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55717

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-55717
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55717.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55717
Upstream
Published
2026-07-22T14:17:21Z
Modified
2026-09-19T17:00:08Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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: redirect' /'response-ip-data: CNAME ' 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / unbound

Package

Name
unbound
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.17.1-2
1.17.1-2+deb12u1
1.17.1-2+deb12u2
1.17.1-2+deb12u3
1.17.1-2+deb12u4
1.17.1-2+loong64
1.18.0-1
1.18.0-2
1.19.1-1
1.19.2-1
1.20.0-1
1.21.1-1
1.22.0-1
1.22.0-2
1.23.1-1
1.24.0-1
1.24.0-2
1.24.1-1
1.24.1-2
1.24.2-1
1.25.0-1
1.25.1-1
1.25.2-1
1.26.0-1
1.26.0-2
1.26.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55717.json"

Debian:13 / unbound

Package

Name
unbound
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.26.1-0+deb13u1

Affected versions

1.*
1.22.0-2
1.22.0-2+deb13u1
1.22.0-2+deb13u2
1.22.0-2+deb13u3
1.23.1-1
1.24.0-1
1.24.0-2
1.24.1-1
1.24.1-2
1.24.2-1
1.25.0-1
1.25.1-1
1.25.2-1
1.26.0-1
1.26.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55717.json"

Debian:14 / unbound

Package

Name
unbound
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.25.2-1

Affected versions

1.*
1.22.0-2
1.23.1-1
1.24.0-1
1.24.0-2
1.24.1-1
1.24.1-2
1.24.2-1
1.25.0-1
1.25.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-55717.json"