CVE: CVE-2026-94300
Title: Concurrent GSS-TSIG messages corrupt memory
Document version: 2.0
Posting date: 21 October 2026
Program impacted: BIND 9
Versions affected:
BIND
- 9.11.0 -> 9.18.50
- 9.20.0 -> 9.20.29
- 9.21.0 -> 9.21.26
BIND Supported Preview Edition
- 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.18.50-S1
- 9.20.9-S1 -> 9.20.29-S1
Severity: High
Exploitable: Remotely
Description:
Replaying GSS-TSIG signed UDP messages can result in memory corruption in "named". An attacker who can capture a previously signed UDP message can replay it while the negotiated TSIG key is still valid. By also sending crafted queries to a zone the attacker controls, the attacker may potentially achieve remote code execution.
Impact:
Memory corruption, leading to program abort and/or potential remote code execution.
CVSS Score: 8.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:
- 9.20.30
- 9.21.27
BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers.
- 9.20.30-S1
Acknowledgments:
While this flaw was discovered in internal testing, ISC would like to thank Dave Aitel from OpenAI who independently discovered and responsibly reported the issue to ISC.
Document revision history:
- 1.0 Early Notification, 14 October 2026
- 2.0 Public disclosure, 21 October 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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