CVE-2026-5946

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-20. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Multiple flaws have been identified in named related to the handling of DNS messages whose CLASS is not Internet (IN) — for example, CHAOS or HESIOD, or DNS messages that specify meta-classes (ANY or NONE) in the question section. Specially crafted requests reaching the affected code paths — recursion, dynamic updates (UPDATE), zone change notifications (NOTIFY), or processing of IN-specific record types in non-IN data — can cause assertion failures in named. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
76.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 20, 2026

Last Modified

June 30, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-5946: Invalid handling of CLASS != IN

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-5946
generic

Index of /isc/bind9/9.21.22

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22
generic

Index of /isc/bind9/9.20.23

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23
generic

Index of /isc/bind9/9.18.49

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5946(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntubind9-utils (1:9.20.18-1ubuntu2.1) @ resolute2026-06-29ubuntu
redhatbind-32:9.11.36-16.el8_10.82026-06-08redhat
redhatbind-32:9.18.33-15.el10_2.22026-06-08redhat
redhatbind-32:9.16.23-40.el9_8.22026-06-08redhat
redhatbind9.18-32:9.18.29-14.el9_8.22026-06-08redhat
redhatbind9.16-32:9.16.23-0.22.el8_10.62026-06-04redhat
redhatbind-main-9.18.49-1.hum12026-05-21redhat

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.

Weakness Classification(6)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

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 14× in last 7d / 97× 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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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5946?
CVE-2026-5946 is a high vulnerability published on May 20, 2026. Multiple flaws have been identified in named related to the handling of DNS messages whose CLASS is not Internet (IN) — for example, CHAOS or HESIOD, or DNS messages that specify meta-classes (ANY or NONE) in the question section. Specially crafted requests reaching the affected code paths —…
When was CVE-2026-5946 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5946 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 20, 2026, with the most recent update on June 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5946 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5946 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 76.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5946?
CVE-2026-5946 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5946?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5946, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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