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CVE-2026-82720: CWE-416: Use After Free in NLnet Labs Unbound

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-82720cvecve-2026-82720cwe-416
Published: 09/16/2026 (09/16/2026, 08:32:10 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: NLnet Labs
Product: Unbound

Description

NLnet Labs Unbound 1.12.0 up to and including 1.26.0 has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-HTTPs support with '--with-libnghttp2'. During failure code paths (i.e., RPZ drop query, jostle due to heavy traffic), a dropped DoH stream brings down the whole DoH session and does not account properly for other DoH streams in the same session. This leads to use-after-free in those code paths. If the prerequisites are satisfied (possible RPZ drop or heavy client traffic), a malicious actor can trigger the vulnerability with a single DoH connection and the appropriate traffic. Impact is limited as the reads are not user controlled and the use-after-free leads to early returns. However, a hardened allocator can catch the use-after-free and controllably terminate the process resulting to denial of service.

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.9medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

NLnet Labs

Unbound

Affected versions
>=1.12.0 <1.26.1

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
NLnet Labs
Date Reserved
2026-09-07T14:06:21.960Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6aaa578955bf5e2cf540b1fd

Added to database: 09/16/2026, 08:47:05 UTC

Last updated: 09/16/2026, 08:47:05 UTC

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