NLnet Labs Unbound, 1.22.0 up to and including version 1.26.1, contains a DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) lifetime bug reachable by a remote DoQ client under multi-threaded operation. A client-triggered QUIC path migration can enter stream/connection cleanup while a mesh reply still retains a pointer to the DoQ stream. Cleanup frees the DoQ stream and when the pending mesh reply later completes it dereferences a stale pointer leading to a crash.
Fix
Microsoft's update · Important
- Release Notes — azl3 unbound 1.26.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 · build 1.26.2-1
From the 2026-Oct release note of Microsoft's Security Update Guide, revised 2026-10-28.
Public exploits 1
- suominen/CVE-2026-97206 PoC on GitHub
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Change history 3
- StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-22 15:22
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 08:57
- First seenCVSS 7.5NVD modified 2026-10-21 09:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
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