Unbound vulnerabilities

Summary

USN-8282-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Unbound. This update provides the corresponding updates for CVE-2026-41292 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and CVE-2026-42959, CVE-2026-42960 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Andrew Griffiths discovered that Unbound did not properly handle certain DNSCrypt packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-32792) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled DNSSEC validation in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-33278) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled certain ghost domain name records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-40622) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound did not properly limit processing of long EDNS option lists. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-41292) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled jostle logic under certain circumstances. A remote attacker co Affected Ubuntu releases: 20.04, 18.04, 16.04, 14.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-42959, CVE-2026-41292, CVE-2026-42960.