CVE-2026-5950

mediumpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.007 · 51 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.66% (51st) EPSS

CVSS 5.3 · medium

Is it mine?

39 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An unbounded resend loop vulnerability exists in the BIND 9 resolver state machine during bad-server handling, enabling a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause severe resource exhaustion by sending queries that trigger specific retry conditions. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.36 through 9.18.48, 9.20.8 through 9.20.22, 9.21.7 through 9.21.21, 9.18.36-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · security-officer@isc.orgexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-606US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

billybaraja/cve-2026-5950-bind9-resolver-dosDefensive research notes for CVE-2026-5950, a BIND 9 resolver DoS vulnerability credited to Billy Baraja (BielraX).PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (39)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:avamar:-
Dell NetWorkerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:networker:-
F5 BIG-IPall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
IBM AIX 7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.2
IBM AIX 7.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.3
IBM QRadar SIEMall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:qradar_siem:-
IBM VIOS 4.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:vios:4.1
Infoblox NIOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:infoblox:nios:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
IBM IBM i <SJ10866< SJ10866cert_bundDE
IBM IBM i <SJ10925< SJ10925cert_bundDE
IBM IBM i <SJ10979< SJ10979cert_bundDE

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1626Internet Systems Consortium BIND: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Internet Systems Consortium BIND ausnutzen, um eine Speicherbeschädigung auszulösen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-05-20modified 2026-07-23

references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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