7.5

CVE-2026-11622: isc bind 9

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighUndergoing analysis
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2026-11622UBUNTU-CVE-2026-11622DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11622
Published 22-07-2026Last modified 22-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-11622 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in isc bind 9. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 22 · Related 11
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11375-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21489-1RHSA-2026:54071RHSA-2026:54509RHSA-2026:54510RHSA-2026:54654

Timeline

  1. 22-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer from runaway memory usage. The attacker needs to be able to send queries faster than the resolver can perform validation. The increased memory usage can be orders of magnitude beyond the limit configured in the `max-cache-size` parameter. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.52% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu3 products
  • bind9All versions (No fix recorded) | < 1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm3 | < 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.5 | < 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.24.04.6 | < 1:9.20.24-1ubuntu0.2
  • bind9-libsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • isc-dhcpAll versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • bind< 9.20.26-r0
Debian1 product
  • bind9< 1:9.18.49-1~deb12u2 | < 1:9.20.26-1~deb13u1 | < 1:9.20.26-1
Isc1 product
  • bind 9≥ 9.11.0, ≤ 9.18.50 | ≥ 9.20.0, ≤ 9.20.24 | ≥ 9.21.0, ≤ 9.21.23 | ≥ 9.11.3-S1, ≤ 9.18.50-S1 | ≥ 9.20.9-S1, ≤ 9.20.24-S1

4 vendors · 6 products

References

10 links