{"id":"CVE-2026-78301","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Out-of-zone database nodes can become authoritative zone cuts","description":"A malformed zone may contain an NS or DNAME node above its origin, which `named` treats as a zone cut. If an attacker inserts a malformed zone into a BIND authoritative server (e.g., via zone transfer), queries for names inside the configured zone then lose authoritative status and return an out-of-zone delegation. On a server that also provides recursion BIND can follow this locally sourced cut and cache attacker-supplied data, affecting names outside the configured zone. This situation persists as long as the malformed zone remains in the zone database.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1.","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T13:58:11.312Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T18:43:12.526Z","severity":{"score":5.8,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","source":"isc"},"assigner":"isc","products":["ISC BIND 9"],"affected":[{"vendor":"ISC","product":"BIND 9","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"9.11.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.18.50","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.20.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.20.27","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.21.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.21.25","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.11.3-S1","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.18.50-S1","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.20.9-S1","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.20.27-S1","versionType":"custom"}]}],"references":["https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-78301","https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.29","https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.26"],"weaknesses":["CWE-349"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:07.220Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78301.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-78301","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-16T13:58:11.312Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T18:43:12.526Z","assignerShortName":"isc","assignerOrgId":"404fd4d2-a609-4245-b543-2c944a302a22","dateReserved":"2026-08-24T07:52:08.223Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Out-of-zone database nodes can become authoritative zone cuts","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"A malformed zone may contain an NS or DNAME node above its origin, which `named` treats as a zone cut. If an attacker inserts a malformed zone into a BIND authoritative server (e.g., via zone transfer), queries for names inside the configured zone then lose authoritative status and return an out-of-zone delegation. On a server that also provides recursion BIND can follow this locally sourced cut and cache attacker-supplied data, affecting names outside the configured zone. This situation persists as long as the malformed zone remains in the zone database.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"ISC","product":"BIND 9","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"9.11.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.18.50","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.20.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.20.27","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.21.0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.21.25","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.11.3-S1","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.18.50-S1","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.20.9-S1","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"9.20.27-S1","versionType":"custom"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-78301","name":"CVE-2026-78301","tags":["vendor-advisory"]},{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.29","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.26","tags":["patch"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","baseScore":5.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-349","lang":"en","type":"CWE","description":"CWE-349 Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"isc","orgId":"404fd4d2-a609-4245-b543-2c944a302a22","dateUpdated":"2026-09-16T13:58:11.312Z"},"datePublic":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"9.11.0","versionEndIncluding":"9.18.50"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"9.20.0","versionEndIncluding":"9.20.27"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"9.21.0","versionEndIncluding":"9.21.25"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"9.11.3-S1","versionEndIncluding":"9.18.50-S1"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"9.20.9-S1","versionEndIncluding":"9.20.27-S1"}]}]}],"impacts":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In a successful attack on an authoritative server that is also a resolver, cache poisoning may occur with attacker supplied records.  A purely authoritative server may return bogus attacker-supplied referrals to queries but without the AA flag."}]}],"workarounds":[{"lang":"en","value":"No workarounds known."}],"exploits":[{"lang":"en","value":"We are not aware of any active exploits."}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.20.29, 9.21.26, or 9.20.29-S1."}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"ISC would like to thank Henrique Pereira for bringing this vulnerability to our attention."}],"source":{"discovery":"EXTERNAL"},"x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-09-17T18:43:00.321566Z","id":"CVE-2026-78301","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2026-09-17T18:43:12.526Z"}}]}}}