CVE-2025-40778: Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs
ISC · BIND 9
Vendor fix available · Affected: ISC BIND 9 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 56% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- ISC · BIND 9from 9.11.0 up to and including 9.16.50; from 9.18.0 up to and including 9.18.39; from 9.20.0 up to and including 9.20.13; from 9.21.0 up to and including 9.21.12; from 9.11.3-S1 up to and including 9.16.50-S1; from 9.18.11-S1 up to and including 9.18.39-S1 and 1 more
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- ISC
- Published
- October 2025
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