What is GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp?

GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. An unbounded resend loop vulnerability exists in the BIND 9 resolver state machine during bad...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp cover?

GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-5950. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp?

GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmpMediumCVSS 5.3

An unbounded resend loop vulnerability exists in the BIND 9 resolver state machine during bad...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 20, 2026

Last Modified

May 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-5950 →

📋 Description

An unbounded resend loop vulnerability exists in the BIND 9 resolver state machine during bad-server handling, enabling a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause severe resource exhaustion by sending queries that trigger specific retry conditions. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.36 through 9.18.48, 9.20.8 through 9.20.22, 9.21.7 through 9.21.21, 9.18.36-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5950
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-5950
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pjm-rchf-gxmp