CVE-2026-96888

HIGH 7.5

Named may terminate unexpectedly when a redirect zone is used with strict QNAME minimization

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

A BIND resolver that is configured with both a "redirect" zone and "qname-minimization strict" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.

CWE	CWE-476 CWE-617
Vendor	isc
Product	bind 9
Published	Oct 21, 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

9.16.0 ≤ 9.18.50 9.20.0 ≤ 9.20.29 9.21.0 ≤ 9.21.26 9.16.8-S1 ≤ 9.18.50-S1 9.20.9-S1 ≤ 9.20.29-S1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

kb.isc.org: https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-96888 downloads.isc.org: https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.30 downloads.isc.org: https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.27

Credits

ISC would like to thank Vitaly Simonovich for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.