7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-3039
BIND 9 server memory exhaustion during GSS-API TKEY negotiation
Overview
Description
BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or Kerberos-secured DNS environments. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.
Details
INFO
Published Date :
May 20, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 15, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Scoring
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| 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
Update BIND servers to a patched version to fix excessive memory consumption vulnerability.
- Update BIND servers to a patched version.
- Disable TKEY-based authentication if not required.
- Monitor server memory usage.
References
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-3039
weaknesses.
CAPEC-125: Flooding Flooding
CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation Excessive Allocation
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death XML Ping of the Death
CAPEC-197: Exponential Data Expansion Exponential Data Expansion
CAPEC-229: Serialized Data Parameter Blowup Serialized Data Parameter Blowup
CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS HTTP DoS
CAPEC-482: TCP Flood TCP Flood
CAPEC-486: UDP Flood UDP Flood
CAPEC-487: ICMP Flood ICMP Flood
CAPEC-488: HTTP Flood HTTP Flood
CAPEC-489: SSL Flood SSL Flood
CAPEC-490: Amplification Amplification
CAPEC-491: Quadratic Data Expansion Quadratic Data Expansion
CAPEC-493: SOAP Array Blowup SOAP Array Blowup
CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation TCP Fragmentation
CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation UDP Fragmentation
CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation ICMP Fragmentation
CAPEC-528: XML Flood XML Flood
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Published Date:
May 27, 2026 (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2026-3039 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.
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CVE Modified by 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Jul. 15, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Affected [{'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Hardened Images', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}] [{'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '32:9.18.33-15.el10_2.2', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '32:9.16.23-0.22.el8_10.6', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind9.16', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8', 'cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '32:9.11.36-16.el8_10.8', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '32:9.16.23-40.el9_8.2', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.2', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind9.18', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Hardened Images', 'versions': [{'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '9.18.49-1.hum1', 'lessThan': '*', 'versionType': 'rpm'}], 'packageName': 'bind-main', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6', 'packageName': 'bind', 'collectionURL': 'https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'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': 'affected'}, {'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': 'affected'}] -
CVE Modified by 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Jun. 30, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Hardened Images', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4', 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}, {'cpes': ['cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9'], 'vendor': 'Red Hat', 'product': 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9', '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-770 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20334 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23360 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24338 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24339 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24367 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24368 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3039 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479767 Added Reference https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-3039.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': '9.0.0', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.16.50'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.18.0', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.18.48'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.20.0', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.20.22'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.21.0', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.21.21'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.9.3-S1', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.16.50-S1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.18.11-S1', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.18.48-S1'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': '9.20.9-S1', 'versionType': 'custom', 'lessThanOrEqual': '9.20.22-S1'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}] -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jun. 17, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-3039', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-05-20T13:42:49.621351Z'} -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 21, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.20.0 up to (excluding) 9.20.23 *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.21.0 up to (excluding) 9.21.22 *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.18.0 up to (excluding) 9.18.49 *cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0.0 up to (including) 9.16.50 Added Reference Type Internet Systems Consortium (ISC): https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49 Types: Patch Added Reference Type Internet Systems Consortium (ISC): https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23 Types: Patch Added Reference Type Internet Systems Consortium (ISC): https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22 Types: Patch Added Reference Type Internet Systems Consortium (ISC): https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3039 Types: Vendor Advisory -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 20, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or Kerberos-secured DNS environments. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-771 Added Reference https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49 Added Reference https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23 Added Reference https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22 Added Reference https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3039
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