CVE-2026-42955

lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 9 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.20% (9th) EPSS
CVSS 3.7 · low
Is it mine?
14 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.16.2 up to and including 1.25.1, a similar vulnerability as with CVE-2026-40622 in the 'ghost domain names' family of attacks was found in Unbound that could extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value for A/AAAA glue records. Similar to other 'ghost domain names' attacks, an adversary needs to control a (ghost) zone and be able to query a vulnerable Unbound. A single client A/AAAA query can cause Unbound to overwrite the cached expired parent-side glue rrset and essentially extend the ghost domain window by up to one cached TTL configured value ('cache-max-ttl'). In configurations where 'harden-referral-path: yes' is used (non-default configuration), no client query is required since Unbound implicitly performs that query. This is a variant of CVE-2026-40622 which only addressed the NS query.

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cvss

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3.7
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v3.13.7lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.13.7lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · sep@nlnetlabs.nlexploitability 2.2 · impact 1.4
v3.13.4lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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CWE-672US
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affected products (14)

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advisories (2)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2026-2492Unbound: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-07-22csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Unbound ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Daten zu manipulieren, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-3038Meinberg LANTIME: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-26csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Meinberg LANTIME ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Berechtigungen zu erweitern, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, sensible Informationen offenzulegen, Daten zu manipulieren oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen.

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cnnvdenisa_euvdcert_bundnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-07-22modified 2026-10-24
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references (4)

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