CVE-2026-42944

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-20. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability that results in heap overflow when encoding multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options in the reply packet. The relevant options ('nsid', 'answer-cookie', 'pad-responses' (default)) need to be enabled for the vulnerability to be exploited. An adversary who can query Unbound can exploit the vulnerability by attaching multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options to the query. A flaw in the size calculation of the EDNS field truncates the correct value which allows the encoder to overflow the available space when writing. Those two combined lead to a heap overflow write of Unbound controlled data and eventually a crash. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to de-duplicate the EDNS options and a fix to prevent truncation of the EDNS field size calculation.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
56%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated May 20, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-42944.txt

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42944(5)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuunbound-host (1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1) @ resolute2026-08-26ubuntu
redhatunbound-0:1.16.2-5.11.el8_102026-06-08redhat
redhatunbound-0:1.24.2-3.el9_8.12026-06-08redhat
redhatunbound-0:1.24.2-7.el10_2.12026-06-04redhat
redhatunbound-main-1.25.1-0.1.hum12026-05-20redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
unbound—1.25.1-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
unbound1.13.1-1 ... 1.25.2-1 (47 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
unbound1.17.1-2 ... 1.26.0-2 (25 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
unbound1.22.0-2, 1.22.0-2+deb13u1, 1.22.0-2+deb13u21.22.0-2+deb13u3—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
unbound1.22.0-2 ... 1.25.0-1 (8 versions)1.25.1-1—

Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 306 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-14 16:44 UTCOSV refresh
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  21. 2026-08-26 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-26 16:24 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-26 16:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-26 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-26 12:21 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-26 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-25 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-25 12:20 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-25 12:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-23 16:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-23 16:57 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-08-23 16:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-21 22:55 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-21 22:55 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-21 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-20 18:56 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-20 18:56 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-20 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-08-17 09:54 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-17 09:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-16 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 16:55 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-16 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-16 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-16 03:30 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-16 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  33. 2026-08-15 00:58 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-15 00:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-14 13:31 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-14 13:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-14 02:02 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-14 02:02 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-14 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-13 01:48 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-13 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-12 14:21 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-08-12 14:21 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-12 14:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-12 01:19 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-12 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-11 13:52 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-11 13:52 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-11 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-08-11 00:36 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-08-11 00:36 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-11 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  57. 2026-08-10 11:54 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-10 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-10 00:26 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-10 00:26 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-10 00:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-09 12:59 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-09 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-09 01:32 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-08-09 01:32 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-08-09 01:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-08-08 06:42 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-08-08 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-08-07 19:15 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-08-07 19:15 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-07 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-08-07 07:48 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-07 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-42944?
CVE-2026-42944 is a high vulnerability published on May 20, 2026. NLnet Labs Unbound 1.14.0 up to and including version 1.25.0 has a vulnerability that results in heap overflow when encoding multiple NSID and/or DNS Cookie EDNS and/or EDNS Padding options in the reply packet. The relevant options ('nsid', 'answer-cookie', 'pad-responses' (default)) need to be…
When was CVE-2026-42944 disclosed?
CVE-2026-42944 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 20, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-42944 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-42944 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 43.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-42944?
CVE-2026-42944 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-42944?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-42944, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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