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[9.20] [CVE-2026-1519] sec: usr: Fix unbounded NSEC3 iterations when validating refer...
authorMichał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:17:49 +0000 (13:17 +0100)
committerMichał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:17:49 +0000 (13:17 +0100)
DNSSEC-signed zones may contain high iteration-count NSEC3 records,
which prove that certain delegations are insecure. Previously, a
validating resolver encountering such a delegation processed these
iterations up to the number given, which could be a maximum of 65,535.
This has been addressed by introducing a processing limit, set at 50.
Now, if such an NSEC3 record is encountered, the delegation will be
treated as insecure.

ISC would like to thank Samy Medjahed/Ap4sh for bringing this
vulnerability to our attention.

Closes isc-projects/bind9#5708

Backport of MR !935

Merge branch '5708-confidential-nsec3-delegation-iteration-fix-fallback-to-insecure-9.20' into 'v9.20.21-release'

See merge request isc-private/bind9!948


Trivial merge