Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS(SEC) resolver.
The C implementation of Unbound is developed and maintained by NLnet
Labs. It is based on ideas and algorithms taken from a java prototype
developed by Verisign labs, Nominet, Kirei and ep.net.
Unbound is designed as a set of modular components, so that also
DNSSEC (secure DNS) validation and stub-resolvers (that do not run
as a server, but are linked into an application) are easily possible.
Update Information:
Update to 1.25.1 (rhbz#2480119) Fix CVE-2026-33278, Possible remote code execution during DNSSEC validation. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks, for the report. Fix CVE-2026-42944, Heap overflow and crash with multiple nsid, cookie, padding EDNS options. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks, for the report. Fix CVE-2026-42959, Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks, for the report. Fix CVE-2026-32792, Packet of death with DNSCrypt. Thanks to Andrew Griffiths from 'calif.io' for the report. Fix CVE-2026-40622, "Ghost domain name" variant. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks, for the report. Fix CVE-2026-41292, Parsing a long list of incoming EDNS options degrades performance. Thanks to GitHub user 'N0zoM1z0', also Qifan Zhang from Palo Alto Networks, for the report. Fix CVE-2026-42534, Jostle logic bypass degrades resolution performance. Thanks to Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks, for the report. Fix CVE-2026-42...
* Wed May 20 2026 Petr Men\u0161k
[ 1 ] Bug #2463781 - unbound-1.25.0 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463781 [ 2 ] Bug #2480119 - unbound-1.25.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480119
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-49f37e16aa' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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