CVE-2026-41292 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-41292: Long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance

Vendor Nlnet Labs
Product Unbound
Weakness CWE-407
Published May 20, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026

CVSS base score

6.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.0 is vulnerable to a degradation of service attack related to parsing long lists of incoming EDNS options. An adversary sending queries with too many EDNS options can hold Unbound threads hostage while they are parsing and creating internal data structures for the options. Coordinated attacks can result in degradation and/or denial of service. Unbound 1.25.1 contains a patch with a fix to limit acceptable incoming EDNS options (100).

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 20, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated