High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-40780
CVE-2025-40780
Description
In specific circumstances, due to a weakness in the Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) that is used, it is possible for an attacker to predict the source port and query ID that BIND will use. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 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, 9.16.8-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 products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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