SUSE · Security update for perl-Net-DNS
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 52% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 Sep 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 6 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A security update has been released by the SUSE Product Security Team to fix this issue. Users should apply the official update to perl-Net-DNS provided by their SUSE distribution to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.
Description
A security update for perl-Net-DNS addresses a memory exhaustion vulnerability caused by unbounded recursion in the sig_data function when re-encoding a message containing a misplaced TSIG record. This flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-81928 and was reported by the SUSE Product Security Team.
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_4065-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20264065-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-September/028937.html (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1278084 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81928/ (opens in a new tab)