CVE-2025-40778

HIGH EPSS 39.5%
Published Oct 22, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.6 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 22, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.6
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
4.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
39.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-349

References 3

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/22/1
  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/N3mes1s/f76b4a606308937b0806a5256bc1f918
  • kb.isc.org https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-40778

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.