Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 22, 2026· Updated Jul 24, 2026
CVE-2026-50248
CVE-2026-50248
Description
In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.7.0 up to and including 1.25.1, when an auth/rpz zone has a configured primary hostname that resolves to BOGUS A/AAAA, it is still considered as a possible XFR endpoint. A malicious actor that can spoof the hostname's A/AAAA record (no valid RRSIG required) becomes the zone's XFR primary and can replaces the entire zone/the resolver's entire response policy.
Affected products
4- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/unbound&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/unbound&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.25.2-160000.1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.25.2-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.25.2-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-50248.txtnvdVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Nlnetlabs Unbound: 23 Vulnerabilities Disclosed Together in DNSSEC, DoQ, and RPZ HandlingVypr Intelligence · Jul 23, 2026