Ubuntu Security Update USN-8282-1: Unbound vulnerabilities

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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 could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-42534) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound did not properly bound NSEC3 hash calculations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-42923) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled multiple EDNS options in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-42944) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled DNSSEC validation of malicious content. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-42959) TaoFei Guo, Yang Luo, and JianJun Chen discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled delegation processing in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to poison the DNS cache and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-42960) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound did not properly bound name compression in certain cases. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-44390) Qifan Zhang discovered that Unbound had a use-after-free issue in RPZ handling. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-44608)

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