HIGH 7.5 NVD
CVE-2026-96888
A BIND resolver that is configured with both a "redirect" zone and "qname-minimization strict" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect
A BIND resolver that is configured with both a "redirect" zone and "qname-minimization strict" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.
Remediation
$ sudo apt install --only-upgrade bind9References
- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.30
- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.27
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-96888
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 was published on 2026-10-21 via NVD. A remediation command is available below.
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