HighCVE-2026-11331

    Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass (CVE-2026-11331)

    Published Last modified Sources: Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, Debian LTS, Debian, BSI, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    What is affected, what to do

    A flaw was found in BIND. A remote attacker can send specially crafted, excessively long query names to a resolver configured with Response Policy Zones (RPZ) and wildcard policies.

    Update BIND to version 9.20.26, BIND Supported Preview Edition to version 9.20.26-S1, LANTIME to version V7.10.014.

    Affected
    • ISC BIND 9 lte 9.16.0..9.18.50
    • ISC BIND 9 lte 9.20.0..9.20.24
    • ISC BIND 9 lte 9.21.0..9.21.23
    • ISC BIND 9 lte 9.16.8-S1..9.18.50-S1
    • ISC BIND 9 lte 9.20.9-S1..9.20.24-S1

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    Metrics

    7.5

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    7.5

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, Debian LTS, Debian, BSI, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    0.4 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 36.9

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    69.69 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    7.5 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    7.5
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.4 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    36.9
    High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 22 July 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-790

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    A flaw was found in BIND. A remote attacker can send specially crafted, excessively long query names to a resolver configured with Response Policy Zones (RPZ) and wildcard policies. Improper handling of the resulting error condition can cause the service to terminate unexpectedly, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), or allow the attacker to bypass RPZ security filtering rules.

    Source: redhat_csaf, Ubuntu Security Notices, suse_csaf, Debian LTS Advisories, Debian Security Advisories, BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, NVD (NIST), Microsoft Security Update Guide, cvelistv5

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    ISCBIND 9
    • 9.16.0 – ≤ 9.18.50
    • 9.20.9-S1 – ≤ 9.20.24-S1
    • 9.21.0 – ≤ 9.21.23
    • 9.20.0 – ≤ 9.20.24
    • 9.16.8-S1 – ≤ 9.18.50-S1
    • —
    • —
    • —
    • —
    • —
    Internet Systems ConsortiumBIND
    • < 9.20.26
    • < 9.21.24
    • 9.20.26
    • 9.21.24
    Internet Systems ConsortiumBIND Supported Preview Edition
    • < 9.20.26-S1
    • 9.20.26-S1
    MeinbergLANTIME
    • < V7.10.014
    • V7.10.014

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebianbind9bookworm
    Linuxdebianbind9bullseye
    Linuxdebianbind9trixie
    Linuxubuntubind9bionic
    Linuxubuntubind9focal
    Linuxubuntubind9jammy
    Linuxubuntubind9noble
    Linuxubuntubind9resolute
    Linuxubuntubind9trusty
    Linuxubuntubind9xenial

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-790Improper Filtering of Special Elements

      Class

      The product receives data from an upstream component, but does not filter or incorrectly filters special elements before sending it to a downstream component.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-790

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: yes

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      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      SSVC assessmentadded
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      {"id":"CVE-2026-11331","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-07-22T18:54:08.280433Z"}

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    2. Receivedisc.org

      CVSS V3.1: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

      Weakness type: CWE-790

      Description added or changed

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      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Affected versions (publisher)added
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      BIND 9
      Descriptionadded
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      An attacker who knows (or guesses) that a resolver uses RPZ with wildcard CNAME policies can craft query names long enough to trigger a NAMETOOLONG error condition during RPZ processing. This is not handled correctly and may lead to defeating the RPZ rule. It also may lead to an unexpected exit of the BIND 9 software. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.
      CVSSadded
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      AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-790
      Referenceadded
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      https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.26
      Referenceadded
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      https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.24
      Referenceadded
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      https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-11331

      Source identifier: security-officer@isc.org

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