CVE-2026-96888

CVSS 7.5 (high) · published 2026-10-21

A BIND resolver that is configured with both a "redirect" zone and "qname-minimization strict" may abort with an assertion failure while processing the redirect. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.16.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.29, 9.21.0 through 9.21.26, 9.16.8-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.29-S1.

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-617

Source: NVD CVE-2026-96888

References

• https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.30
• https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.27
• https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-96888

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