Low [CVE-2026-41637] Denial of Service via terminated DNS-over-QUIC queries
This low-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-41637 affecting Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
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Summary
In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.25.1, client terminated DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) queries are not accounted properly by Unbound resulting in low-cost inflation of the waiting number of replies for already in-flight resolution queries. This results in degradation of resolution service for new clients for already in-flight queries.
A malicious actor can exploit the vulnerability by issuing DoQ queries for query names that need resolution and proceeding on immediately terminating the query by one of STOP_SENDING/RESET_STREAM/CONNECTION_CLOSE QUIC frames.
This vulnerability needs Unbound to be compiled with DoQ support ('--with-libngtcp2') and the 'quic-port' to be configured for the listening interfaces. Additionally, a malicious actor needs access to multiple source IPs to bypass the by-default configured 'wait-limit' option.
A flaw was found in Unbound, a Domain Name System (DNS) resolver. This vulnerability is rated as Low impact.
Unbound, as distributed in Red Hat products, is not typically configured with DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) support enabled by default. Exploitation requires Unbound to be explicitly compiled with `--with-libngtcp2` and have `quic-port` configured, in addition to an attacker bypassing default rate limits with multiple source IPs.
This makes successful exploitation difficult in standard Red Hat deployments.
- 1.22.0
- 1.25.1
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- unbound-main-1.25.2-0.1.hum1
- RHSA-2026:43588
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Mitigation checklist
- To mitigate this issue, completely disable DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) support by removing or commenting out the quic-port directive in your Unbound configuration. Restart the Unbound service to apply the changes and clear any lingering resource limits.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 12 days ago·verify at source
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