Red Hat alert RHSA-2026:55442-01 (bind9.18) [LWN.net]

An update for bind9.18 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS (Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named), which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly. Security Fix(es): * bind9: bind: Potential wildcard CNAME RPZ policy bypass (CVE-2026-11331) * bind: bind9: DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Out-of-Zone NSEC Next Field (CVE-2026-13321) * bind: bind9: Potential memory usage beyond configured limits (CVE-2026-11622) * bind: bind9: Cache poisoning via label count discrepancy, RRSIG, wildcards (CVE-2026-11721) * bind: bind9: Unexpected exit with NSEC and NSEC3 both present (CVE-2026-13204) * bind: bind9: Incorrect acceptance of NSEC3 records (CVE-2026-10723) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.

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