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CVE-2026-5946

Invalid handling of CLASS != IN

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Multiple flaws have been identified in `named` related to the handling of DNS messages whose CLASS is not Internet (`IN`) — for example, `CHAOS` or `HESIOD`, or DNS messages that specify meta-classes (`ANY` or `NONE`) in the question section. Specially crafted requests reaching the affected code paths — recursion, dynamic updates (`UPDATE`), zone change notifications (`NOTIFY`), or processing of `IN`-specific record types in non-`IN` data — can cause assertion failures in `named`. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • ISC BIND 9

    From 9.11.0 · through 9.16.50; From 9.18.0 · through 9.18.48; From 9.20.0 · through 9.20.22; From 9.21.0 · through 9.21.21; From 9.11.3-S1 · through 9.16.50-S1; From 9.18.11-S1 · through 9.18.48-S1; From 9.20.9-S1 · through 9.20.22-S1

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