7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-13878
Malformed BRID/HHIT records can cause named to terminate unexpectedly
Description

Malformed BRID/HHIT records can cause `named` to terminate unexpectedly. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.40 through 9.18.43, 9.20.13 through 9.20.17, 9.21.12 through 9.21.16, 9.18.40-S1 through 9.18.43-S1, and 9.20.13-S1 through 9.20.17-S1.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 21, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 15, 2026, 2:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-13878 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Isc bind
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Solution
Apply available updates to prevent unexpected termination.
  • Update BIND 9 to a patched version.
  • Apply available security advisories for your version.
  • Restart the named service.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-13878 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Security advisories and vulnerabilities discovered by Marlink Cyber

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Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 12, 2025, 7:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 19 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-13878 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Daily CyberSecurity
BIND 9 Security Alert: ISC Releases Patches for Trio of Vulnerabilities

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has issued an important security advisory for BIND 9, the world’s most widely used DNS software. The update addresses three distinct vulnerabilities that could al ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 26, 2026 (3 months, 2 weeks ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
BIND 9 Vulnerability Allow Attackers to Crash Server by Sending Malicious Records

A high-severity vulnerability has been disclosed in BIND 9, the widely used DNS server software responsible for domain name resolution across millions of internet services. The vulnerability, tracked ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (5 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
New Campaign Targets FortiGate Firewalls with Unauthorized Config Changes

A fresh wave of automated cyberattacks is targeting FortiGate firewalls, exploiting unauthorized access to create backdoors and steal sensitive configuration data. Security researchers at Arctic Wolf ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (5 months, 3 weeks ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
CVE-2025-13878: High-Severity BIND Flaw Exposes Servers to Remote Crash

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has issued a high-severity security advisory for BIND 9, the software that powers a vast portion of the internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. A newl ... Read more

Published Date: Jan 22, 2026 (5 months, 3 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-13878 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

    Jul. 15, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Affected [{'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Hardened Images', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}] [{'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Hardened Images', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '9.18.48-1.hum1', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind-main', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10', 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6', 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7', 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8', 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8', 'packageName': 'bind9.16', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'packageName': 'bind9.18', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'packageName': 'dhcp', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4', 'packageName': 'rhcos', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
  • CVE Modified by 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c

    Jun. 30, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Hardened Images', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-1286
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6935
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13878
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431600
    Added Reference https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-13878.json
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'ISC', 'product': 'BIND 9', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.18.40', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.18.43'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.20.13', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.20.17'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.21.12', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.21.16'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.18.40-S1', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.18.43-S1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.20.13-S1', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.20.17-S1'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jun. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2025-13878', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-01-21T14:57:50.807267Z'}
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Jan. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/21/3
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Malformed BRID/HHIT records can cause `named` to terminate unexpectedly. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.40 through 9.18.43, 9.20.13 through 9.20.17, 9.21.12 through 9.21.16, 9.18.40-S1 through 9.18.43-S1, and 9.20.13-S1 through 9.20.17-S1.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-617
    Added Reference https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.44
    Added Reference https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.18
    Added Reference https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.17
    Added Reference https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-13878
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.