CVE-2026-12244
HIGHNLnet Labs - Heap Overflow and Crash with Crafted SVCB RR
Title source: ruleDescription
If NSD is configured as secondary for a zone, the primary of that zone can crash NSD with an AXFR containing a DNS message with a special crafted SVCB RR with an rdata size of 65512, that let's an (uint16_t) variable that is used to allocate space needed for the RR wrap (because total size > 65535), causing a heap overflow. The attacker can perform a controlled (RCE class) head write of up to 65509 bytes
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12244.txt
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
25.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-122
CWE-190
Status
published
Products (2)
NLnet Labs/NSD
4.14.0 - 4.14.3
nlnetlabs/nsd
4.14.0 - 4.14.3
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 25, 2026