What is CVE-2026-42923?

CVE-2026-42923 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Medium severity. Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-42923 cover?

CVE-2026-42923 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-42923. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-42923?

CVE-2026-42923 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-42923?

CVE-2026-42923 affects 1 product, including: azl3 unbound 1.19.1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-42923MediumCVSS 5.3

Degradation of service with unbounded NSEC3 hash calculations

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

May 22, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-42923 →

🎯 Affected products1

azl3 unbound 1.19.1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 1.25.1-1

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42923
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade