CVE-2026-80225

Possible degradation of service from continuous queries on the same TCP/DoT connection

Published Sep 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In NLnetLabs Unbound up to and including 1.26.0, a degradation of service vulnerability is present in the TCP/DoT reading procedure where there is no limit on consecutive reads. A malicious actor that can stream and sustain a rate of distinct uncached names over the TCP/DoT connection, monopolizes a single worker's entire event loop for as long as its writes stay ahead of the drain.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed starting with version 1.26.1

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6507-1 unbound security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8946-1 Unbound vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8946-2 Unbound vulnerabilities
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs unbound
Vendors & Products Nlnetlabs
Nlnetlabs unbound
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In NLnetLabs Unbound up to and including 1.26.0, a degradation of service vulnerability is present in the TCP/DoT reading procedure where there is no limit on consecutive reads. A malicious actor that can stream and sustain a rate of distinct uncached names over the TCP/DoT connection, monopolizes a single worker's entire event loop for as long as its writes stay ahead of the drain.
Title Possible degradation of service from continuous queries on the same TCP/DoT connection
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
NLnet Labs
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2026, 2:33 PM
Reserved
Sep 7, 2026, 2:06 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 16, 2026, 9:17 AM
Modified
Sep 23, 2026, 7:57 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 16, 2026, 8:30 AM