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CVE-2024-8508VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound:1.16.2 security update

Affects Red Hat unbound:1.16.2Source GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 15:49 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Dec 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 5 Nov 2026.

Description

The unbound packages provide a validating, recursive, and caching DNS or DNSSEC resolver. Security Fix(es): * unbound: Unbounded name compression could lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-8508) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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