Input validation error in ISC BIND - CVE-2026-10723

Vulnerability identifier: #VU139214

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-10723

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of child-zone NSEC3 records in BIND 9 when processing DNSSEC records. A remote attacker can provide incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses.

The issue can affect sibling zones.

ISC BIND
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bind (Red Hat package) main
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bind-devel
bind-debugsource
bind-debuginfo
bind-chroot
bind
bind-export-devel
bind-export-libs
bind-libs
bind-libs-lite
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bind-utils
python3-bind
bind-license
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bind-pkcs11-utils
bind-pkcs11-libs
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libisc1606
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libirs1601-64bit
libisccc1600-64bit
libbind9-1600-64bit
libdns1605-64bit
libisc1606-64bit
libns1604
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libisccc1600-debuginfo
libbind9-1600-debuginfo
libisc1606-debuginfo
libisccc1600
libisccfg1600
libdns1605
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libns1604-debuginfo
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libirs-devel
bind-doc
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bind9.16-doc
bind9.16-utils
bind9.16-libs
bind9.16-dnssec-utils
bind9.16-devel
bind9.16-chroot
bind9.16
bind9.16 (Red Hat package)
bind-dnssec-utils
bind-dnssec-doc
bind9 (Ubuntu package)
bind9 (Debian package)

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ISC BIND - addressed in versions 9.20.26, 9.20.26-s1, 9.21.24
bind (Red Hat package) main - addressed in versions 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.21, 9.11.36-16.el8_10.14, 9.16.23-18.el9_4.12, 9.16.23-40.el9_8.8
bind-pkcs11-devel - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31
bind-devel - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-chroot - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-export-devel - update to 9.11.21-25
bind-export-libs - update to 9.11.21-25
bind-libs - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-libs-lite - update to 9.11.21-25
bind-pkcs11 - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31
bind-utils - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
python3-bind - addressed in versions 9.11.21-25, 9.16.23-31
bind-export-devel - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
python3-bind - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-license - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-utils - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-sdb-chroot - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-sdb - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-pkcs11-utils - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-pkcs11-libs - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-pkcs11-devel - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-lite-devel - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-pkcs11 - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-libs-lite - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-libs - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-chroot - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-devel - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
bind-export-libs - update to 9.11.36-16.0.1
libirs1601-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libisc1606 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
python3-bind - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1
libisccfg1600-64bit - update to 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1
libirs1601-64bit - update to 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1
libisccc1600-64bit - update to 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1
libbind9-1600-64bit - update to 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1
libdns1605-64bit - update to 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1
libisc1606-64bit - update to 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1
libns1604 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libdns1605-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
bind-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1, 9.18.50-150600.3.32.1, 9.20.26-150700.3.29.1
bind-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1, 9.18.50-150600.3.32.1, 9.20.26-150700.3.29.1
libisccc1600-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libbind9-1600-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libisc1606-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libisccc1600 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libisccfg1600 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libdns1605 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libisccfg1600-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libbind9-1600 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
libns1604-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
bind-utils - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1, 9.18.50-150600.3.32.1, 9.20.26-150700.3.29.1
bind-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1, 9.18.50-150600.3.32.1, 9.20.26-150700.3.29.1
libirs1601 - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150000.12.91.1, 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
bind-chrootenv - update to 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
bind - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1, 9.18.50-150600.3.32.1, 9.20.26-150700.3.29.1
libirs-devel - update to 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
bind-doc - addressed in versions 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1, 9.16.50-150400.5.65.1, 9.16.50-150500.8.41.1, 9.18.50-150600.3.32.1, 9.20.26-150700.3.29.1
bind-devel - update to 9.16.6-150300.22.62.1
python3-bind9.16 - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-license - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-doc - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-utils - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-libs - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-dnssec-utils - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-devel - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16-chroot - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16 - update to 9.16.23-0.22
bind9.16 (Red Hat package) - update to 9.16.23-0.22.el8_10.12
bind-pkcs11-utils - update to 9.16.23-31
bind-pkcs11-libs - update to 9.16.23-31
bind-dnssec-utils - addressed in versions 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-dnssec-doc - addressed in versions 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind-license - addressed in versions 9.16.23-31, 9.18.21-11, 9.20.21-4
bind9 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.5, 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.24.04.6, 1:9.20.24-1ubuntu0.2
bind - addressed in versions 9.18.50-2.fc43, 9.18.50-2.fc44, 9.18.50-34.fc45
bind9 (Debian package) - update to 1:9.20.26-1~deb13u1

• https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-10723-incorrect-acceptance-of-nsec3-records
• https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-10723

• Multiple vulnerabilities in ISC BIND
• Debian update for bind9
• SUSE update for bind
• SUSE update for bind
• SUSE update for bind
• SUSE update for bind
• SUSE update for bind
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for bind
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP4 update for bind
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for bind
• SUSE update for bind
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for bind9.16
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for bind
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for bind
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for bind
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for bind
• Anolis OS update for bind
• Anolis OS update for bind9.16
• Ubuntu update for bind9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for bind
• Fedora 45 update for bind
• Fedora 44 update for bind
• Fedora 43 update for bind
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for bind