Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-81634
In NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including 1.26.0, a 255 length query name with a large TCP response can lead to a heap buffer overflow during the RRSet canonicalisation routine. This is caused by missing to add the first owner name into the buffer length check. A malicious actor operating a malicious name server or tampering with an incoming response to Unbound (canonicalisation happens before DNSSEC validation), can trigger the vulnerability.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 29.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-81634
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:-
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.13.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.16.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.17.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.19.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.21.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.23.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.24.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.24.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.25.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.25.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.13
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.15
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.16
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.17
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.18
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.19
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.20
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.21
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.22
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.10
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.6rc1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.6-5
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:1.9.6