BOGUS configured primary hostname accepted for XFR in auth/rpz zones (NLnet Labs Unbound)

CVE-2026-50248
MEDIUM 6.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.13 % Β· percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
NLnet Labs
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when an auth/rpz zone has a configured primary hostname that resolves to BOGUS A/AAAA, it is still considered as a possible XFR endpoint. A malicious actor that can spoof the hostname's A/AAAA record (no valid RRSIG required) becomes the zone's XFR primary and can replaces the entire zone/the resolver's entire response policy.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-345 β€” Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:LNLnet Labs
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:LNVD Β· sep@nlnetlabs.nl (Secondary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
NLnet Labs Β· Unboundaffected 1.7.0 < 1.25.2

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST β€” attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA β€” reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain β€” this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD