High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-76163
CVE-2026-76163
Description
If BIND is loaded with a "named.conf" file that contains no global "options" block, an attacker can send a query of QTYPE TKEY which may cause an assertion failure and subsequent unexpected program exit. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.27, 9.21.0 through 9.21.25, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.27-S1.
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