A specially crafted domain can be used to cause a memory leak in a BIND resolver simply by querying this domain. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.20, 9.21.0 through 9.21.19, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.20-S1. BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.46 and 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.46-S1 are NOT affected.
CVE-2026-3104
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-25. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 50%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 25, 2026
Last Modified
August 21, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jun 10, 2026CVE-2026-3104: Memory leak in code preparing DNSSEC proofs of non-existence
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3104Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-3104(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- CVE-2026-3104Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)High
Memory leak in code preparing DNSSEC proofs of non-existence
- RHSA-2026:6935Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- GHSA-vwv5-298p-pw28GitHub Security AdvisoriesHigh
A specially crafted domain can be used to cause a memory leak in a BIND resolver simply by...
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | bind9-utils (1:9.20.11-1ubuntu2.2) @ questing | 2026-08-21 | ubuntu |
| redhat | bind-main-9.18.48-1.hum1 | 2026-04-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.22(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind | — | 9.20.21-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.23(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind | — | 9.20.21-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.24(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind | — | 9.20.21-r0 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | 1:9.20.11-4 ... 1:9.20.21-1~deb13u1~bpo12+1 (13 versions) | 1:9.20.21-1~deb13u1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | 1:9.20.11-4 ... 1:9.20.21-1~deb13u1~bpo12+1 (14 versions) | 1:9.20.21-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 71× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-21 12:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-21 12:32 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-21 12:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-08-12 20:57 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-11 04:03 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-03 23:49 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-03 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-02 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-02 15:36 UTCVendor advisory
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