CVE-2026-81563

HIGH 7.5

SVCB AliasMode additional-data error leaks qpcache references

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A BIND resolver encountering an SVCB/HTTPS AliasMode record referencing 14 or more SVCB/HTTPS ServiceMode records may fail to properly deallocate internal resources. If this happens repeatedly, resource exhaustion will eventually prevent the resolver from performing new recursive lookups. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1.

CWE	CWE-401
Vendor	isc
Product	bind 9
Published	Sep 16, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

ISC / BIND 9

9.18.0 ≤ 9.18.50 9.20.0 ≤ 9.20.27 9.21.0 ≤ 9.21.25 9.18.11-S1 ≤ 9.18.50-S1 9.20.9-S1 ≤ 9.20.27-S1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

kb.isc.org: https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-81563 downloads.isc.org: https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.29 downloads.isc.org: https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.26

Credits

ISC would like to thank Samy Medjahed/Ap4sh for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.