Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound security update
Affects Red Hat unboundSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade Red Hat unbound to 1.25.2 soon.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 13:16 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.25.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 2 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade Unbound to 1.25.2.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| NLnet LabsUnbound | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated unbound packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for the unbound DNS resolver addressing two vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-44690, a cache poisoning issue due to insufficient RRSIG.Labels validation and premature cache writes, and CVE-2026-55973, a denial of service via a malformed EDNS Report-Channel option. These vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. An update is available to fix these issues.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55841 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503063 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2503075 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_55841.json (opens in a new tab)