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CVE-2022-2881VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2022-2881: ISC BIND9 · In BIND 9.18.0 -> 9.18.6 and versions 9.19.0 -> 9.19.4 of the BIND 9.19 development branch, when an HTTP connection was reused to request statistics from the stats channel, the content length of successive responses could grow in size past the end of the allocated buffer.

Affects ISC BIND9Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade to 9.19.5 or 9.18.7 when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 72% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 9.19.5, 9.18.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Sep 2022

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade debian/bind9 to 9.19.5 or 9.18.7.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Debiandebian/bind9pkg:deb/debian/bind9Other threatsAffected
  • <9.18.7
  • <9.19.5
Fixed in
  • 9.18.7
  • 9.19.5

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AI-suggested

1. Upgrade BIND9 to versions 9.18.7 or later for the Open Source Branch, and 9.19.5 or later for the Development Branch, where this vulnerability is fixed. 2. Restrict access to the BIND9 stats channel to trusted administrators only, ideally limiting it to localhost or secure management networks to prevent unauthorized HTTP connection reuse. 3. Implement strict privilege separation and minimize the number of users with high privileges on DNS servers to reduce the risk of exploitation. 4. Monitor DNS server logs and HTTP stats channel access for unusual or repeated requests that could indicate attempts to exploit this vulnerability. 5. Employ network segmentation and firewall rules to limit exposure of DNS management interfaces. 6. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability scans on DNS infrastructure to detect outdated BIND versions. 7. Consider disabling the stats channel if not required for operational monitoring to eliminate the attack surface related to this vulnerability.

Description

The underlying bug might cause read past end of the buffer and either read memory it should not read, or crash the process.

References

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