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ALPINE-CVE-2025-40778

ALPINE-CVE-2025-40778 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.600000381469727 HIGH

Under certain circumstances, BIND is too lenient when accepting records from answers, allowing an attacker to inject forged data into the cache. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8.600000381469727
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.24bind0
Alpine:v3.19bind9.8.0_p4-r0, *, 9.18.3-r1
Alpine:v3.22bind9.11.0_p3-r0, 9.11.0_p2-r1, 9.10.4_p4-r0
Alpine:v3.20bind9.10.4_p3-r1, 0, 9.10.0-r0
Alpine:v3.23bind9.20.9-r0, 9.6.0, 9.6.1
Alpine:v3.21bind9.18.9-r0, 9.18.8-r0, 9.18.7-r0

Timeline

  • Oct 22, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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