Querying for records within a specially crafted zone containing certain malformed DNSKEY records can lead to CPU exhaustion.
This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4364-1 bind9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6033-1 bind9 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7836-2 Bind vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND 9: 9.18.41, 9.20.15, 9.21.14, 9.18.41-S1, or 9.20.15-S1.


Workaround

No workarounds known.

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Isc
Isc bind 9
Vendors & Products Isc
Isc bind 9

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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Description Querying for records within a specially crafted zone containing certain malformed DNSKEY records can lead to CPU exhaustion. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.39, 9.20.0 through 9.20.13, 9.21.0 through 9.21.12, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.39-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.13-S1.
Title Resource exhaustion via malformed DNSKEY handling
Weaknesses CWE-405
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T21:15:09.556Z

Reserved: 2025-08-06T17:32:34.755Z

Link: CVE-2025-8677

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T21:15:09.556Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-22T16:15:46.043

Modified: 2025-11-04T22:16:44.973

Link: CVE-2025-8677

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-8677 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-23T09:58:56Z