{"id":"CVE-2026-96888","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Named may terminate unexpectedly when a redirect zone is used with strict QNAME minimization","description":"A BIND resolver that is configured with both a \"redirect\" zone and \"qname-minimization strict\" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T12:46:17.594Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T17:19:14.117Z","severity":{"score":7.5,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"isc"},"assigner":"isc","products":["ISC BIND 9"],"affected":[{"vendor":"ISC","product":"BIND 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