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If a victim resolver makes a query to a specially crafted zone, the resolver will consume disproportionate resources.\nThis 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."}],"impacts":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"An attacker may be able to cause the resolver to consume disproportionate amounts of bandwidth in the attempt to resolve the name.  Impairment of TCP may also be seen.\nThe issue predominately affects recursive resolvers.  Authoritative-only servers containing only trustworthy zones and names should be unaffected.  If an authoritative server can be induced to look up an attack domain (e.g., if loading a zone from an untrusted source), it may be possible to trigger the issue."}]}],"workarounds":[{"lang":"en","value":"No workarounds known."}],"exploits":[{"lang":"en","value":"We are not aware of any active exploits."}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.18.49, 9.20.23, 9.21.22, 9.18.49-S1, or 9.20.23-S1."}],"credits":[{"lang":"en","value":"ISC would like to thank Shuhan Zhang from Tsinghua University for bringing this vulnerability to our attention."}],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-3592","name":"CVE-2026-3592","tags":["vendor-advisory"]},{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22","tags":["patch"]}],"source":{"discovery":"EXTERNAL"},"x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2026-05-20T13:42:13.661954Z","id":"CVE-2026-3592","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"yes"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2026-05-20T13:42:21.764Z"}}]}}