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CVE-2023-2829

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.07 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2023-06-21 Modified: 2026-10-24 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

A `named` instance configured to run as a DNSSEC-validating recursive resolver with the Aggressive Use of DNSSEC-Validated Cache (RFC 8198) option (`synth-from-dnssec`) enabled can be remotely terminated using a zone with a malformed NSEC record. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.8-S1 through 9.16.41-S1 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.15-S1.

Affected Software (8)

VendorProductVersion
isc bind 9.16.8 – 9.16.41
isc bind 9.18.11 – 9.18.15
netapp active_iq_unified_manager -
netapp h300s_firmware -
netapp h410c_firmware -
netapp h410s_firmware -
netapp h500s_firmware -
netapp h700s_firmware -

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.87%
Raw Score 0.008680
Percentile 58.6%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00868
2026-10-28
0.00868

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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