Ubuntu alert USN-8282-1 (unbound)

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[USN-8282-1] Unbound vulnerabilities
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Wed, 20 May 2026 13:48:18 +0000
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8282-1
May 20, 2026

unbound vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Unbound.

Software Description:
- unbound: validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver

Details:

Andrew Griffiths discovered that Unbound did not properly handle certain
DNSCrypt packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-32792)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled DNSSEC validation
in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-33278)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled certain ghost
domain name records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40622)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound did not properly limit processing of
long EDNS option lists. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-41292)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled jostle logic under
certain circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-42534)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound did not properly bound NSEC3 hash
calculations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-42923)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled multiple EDNS
options in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42944)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled DNSSEC validation
of malicious content. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-42959)

TaoFei Guo, Yang Luo, and JianJun Chen discovered that Unbound
incorrectly handled delegation processing in certain situations. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to poison the DNS cache and obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2026-42960)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound did not properly bound name
compression in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2026-44390)

Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound had a use-after-free issue in RPZ
handling. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04
LTS. (CVE-2026-44608)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
  libunbound8                     1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1
  unbound                         1.24.2-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 25.10
  libunbound8                     1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3
  unbound                         1.22.0-2ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libunbound8                     1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8
  unbound                         1.19.2-1ubuntu3.8

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libunbound8                     1.13.1-1ubuntu5.15
  unbound                         1.13.1-1ubuntu5.15

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8282-1
  CVE-2026-32792, CVE-2026-33278, CVE-2026-40622, CVE-2026-41292,
  CVE-2026-42534, CVE-2026-42923, CVE-2026-42944, CVE-2026-42959,
  CVE-2026-42960, CVE-2026-44390, CVE-2026-44608

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.24.2-1ubun...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.22.0-2ubun...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.19.2-1ubun...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.13.1-1ubun...


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