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CVE-2026-50252VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-50252· Medium 5.7

Public exploit available · CVSS 5.7 Medium : upgrade Red Hat unbound to 1.25.2 as a priority.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 14:31 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.25.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:P/U:Amber

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  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), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 1 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Unbound to 1.25.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
NLnet LabsUnboundAffected
  • >=1.4.22 <1.25.2
Fixed in
  • 1.25.2

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated unbound packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:69120) and the referenced update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update mitigates the risk of DNS cache poisoning via this vulnerability.

Description

A security update for the unbound DNS resolver addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2026-50252) involving DNS cache poisoning via UDP source port predictability. This flaw could allow an attacker to manipulate DNS responses by predicting the UDP source port used by the resolver. Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to mitigate this issue.

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