If NSD is configured as secondary for a zone, the primary of that zone can crash NSD with an AXFR containing a DNS message with a special crafted SVCB RR with an rdata size of 65512, that let's an (uint16_t) variable that is used to allocate space needed for the RR wrap (because total size > 65535), causing a heap overflow. The attacker can perform a controlled (RCE class) head write of up to 65509 bytes
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12244.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7 · nlnetlabsNVD modified 2026-10-25 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:nsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-12244.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory