{"id":"CVE-2026-78301","published":"2026-09-16T14:17:10.400","lastModified":"2026-09-17T19:16:59.937","description":"A malformed zone may contain an NS or DNAME node above its origin, which `named` treats as a zone cut. If an attacker inserts a malformed zone into a BIND authoritative server (e.g., via zone transfer), queries for names inside the configured zone then lose authoritative status and return an out-of-zone delegation. On a server that also provides recursion BIND can follow this locally sourced cut and cache attacker-supplied data, affecting names outside the configured zone. This situation persists as long as the malformed zone remains in the zone database.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1.","cvssScore":5.8,"cvssSeverity":"MEDIUM","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","cwes":["CWE-349"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.29","tags":[]},{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.26","tags":[]},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-78301","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}