Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-12244
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
CVSS Score
8.7
High
EPSS — Exploit Probability
0.3%
Riskier than 25% of all CVEs
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV
No federal exploitation record
Remediation
Patch available
Vendor fix published
1 article across 1 outlet · first covered Jun 30, 2026 · latest Jun 30, 2026
Coverage timeline
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NLnet Labs fixes critical NSD DNS server flaws in new releasesecurityonline.info · Jun 30, 2026