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CVE-2026-50045

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 71/100
Published: 2026-07-22 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: Low

Description

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.25.1, a single client query for a deeply nested name under a DNSSEC-signed parent can cause Unbound to send more upstream packets per client query than the configured 'max-global-quota'. This effectively bypasses a security configuration that limits upstream amplification traffic.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
nlnetlabs unbound 1.22.0 – 1.25.2

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

71 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.46%
Raw Score 0.004640
Percentile 40.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00464
2026-10-28
0.00464

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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