CVE-2026-1519

Publication date 25 March 2026

Last updated 25 March 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

Excessive NSEC3 iterations cause high CPU load during insecure delegation validation

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 25.10 questing
Fixed 1:9.20.11-1ubuntu2.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.24.04.3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:9.18.39-0ubuntu0.22.04.3
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
isc-dhcp 25.10 questing
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
bind9-libs 25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation

Notes


alexmurray

As of isc-dhcp-4.4.3-1, isc-dhcp vendors bind9 libs


mdeslaur

in focal and jammy, isc-dhcp uses the bind9-libs package

References

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