CVE: CVE-2026-19667
Title: Remote assertion failure via 16-bit length truncation in dns_ncache_add()
Document version: 2.0
Posting date: 16 September 2026
Program impacted: BIND 9
Versions affected:
BIND
- 9.11.0 -> 9.18.50
- 9.20.0 -> 9.20.27
- 9.21.0 -> 9.21.25
BIND Supported Preview Edition
- 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.18.50-S1
- 9.20.9-S1 -> 9.20.27-S1
Severity: High
Exploitable: Remotely
Description:
If an attacker-controlled authoritative server can produce a negative answer that is exactly 65536 bytes, then a flaw in named results in a negative cache entry of 0 bytes. When this entry is subsequently read, named aborts.
Impact:
A successful attack results in unexpected program exit and a denial-of-service attack.
CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to obtain your specific environmental score please visit: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H&version=3.1.
Workarounds:
No workarounds known.
Active exploits:
We are not aware of any active exploits.
Solution:
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9:
- 9.20.29
- 9.21.26
BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers.
- 9.20.29-S1
Acknowledgments:
ISC would like to thank Rintaro Kawasugi for bringing this vulnerability to our attention.
Document revision history:
- 1.0 Early Notification, 9 September 2026
- 1.1 Revised the list of fixed versions, 11 September 2026
- 2.0 Public disclosure, 16 September 2026
Related documents:
See our BIND 9 Security Vulnerability Matrix for a complete listing of security vulnerabilities and versions affected.
Do you still have questions?
Questions regarding this advisory should be posted as confidential GitLab issues at:
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/issues/new?issue[confidential]=true
Note:
ISC patches only currently supported versions. When possible we indicate EOL versions affected. For current information on which versions are actively supported, please see https://www.isc.org/download/.
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