CVE-2026-12246

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 64/100
Published: 2026-06-25 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: High
VA: High

Description

NSD version 4.14.0 introduced a bug where a specially crafted APL RR, with an adflength larger than permitted for the address family will overwrite the stack when the zone is written to disk, with a maximum of 111 attacker controlled bytes.

Weakness Classification (2)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
nlnetlabs nsd 4.14.0 – 4.14.3

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

64 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.2 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.44%
Raw Score 0.004440
Percentile 38.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00444
2026-10-28
0.00444

Intelligence Sources

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