{"id":"AZL-92946","summary":"CVE-2026-55717 affecting package unbound for versions less than 1.25.2-1","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: \u003cnet\u003e redirect' /'response-ip-data: \u003cnet\u003e CNAME \u003ctarget\u003e' 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.","modified":"2026-08-28T17:47:35.924401251Z","published":"2026-07-22T14:17:21Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-55717"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55717"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"unbound","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/unbound"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.25.2-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-92946.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}