# CVE-2026-11622: CVE-2026-11622

Status: published. Published: 2026-07-22. Updated: 2026-11-02.

A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer from runaway memory usage. The attacker needs to be able to send queries faster than the resolver can perform validation. The increased memory usage can be orders of magnitude beyond the limit configured in the `max-cache-size` parameter.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- isc / bind: ≥ 9.11.3; ≤ 9.18.50 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- isc / bind: ≥ 9.18.0; ≤ 9.18.50 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- isc / bind: ≥ 9.20.0; ≤ 9.20.24 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- isc / bind: ≥ 9.20.9; ≤ 9.20.24 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- isc / bind: ≥ 9.21.0; ≤ 9.21.23 (affected, custom). Source: NVD

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
            "versionEndIncluding": "9.18.50",
            "versionStartIncluding": "9.11.3",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
            "versionEndIncluding": "9.18.50",
            "versionStartIncluding": "9.18.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
            "versionEndIncluding": "9.20.24",
            "versionStartIncluding": "9.20.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
            "versionEndIncluding": "9.20.24",
            "versionStartIncluding": "9.20.9",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
            "versionEndIncluding": "9.21.23",
            "versionStartIncluding": "9.21.0",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.5 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: NVD: security-officer@isc.org

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable yes; technical impact partial; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-770

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.26 (security-officer@isc.org; Product)

- https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.24 (security-officer@isc.org; Product)

- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-11622 (security-officer@isc.org; Vendor Advisory)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11622; retrieved 2026-11-02; source updated 2026-11-02

Revision: 570e4c081180d94ed93340084de8d40098b60cf90f70f2c4999a348da04abdc8

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-11622

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