CVE-2026-3592 | Amplification vulnerabilities via self-pointed glue records

BIND resolvers are vulnerable to an amplified resource consumption/exhaustion attack. If a victim resolver makes a query to a specially crafted zone, the resolver will consume disproportionate resources. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

Published: 2026-05-20 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-3592 is rated Low Risk (32.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-3592

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.41% +0.39%
2 2026-05-21 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-3592

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-3592

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-3592

GHSA-63mj-2fw3-4w3h · Severity: medium — BIND resolvers are vulnerable to an amplified resource consumption/exhaustion attack. If a...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-3592

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-3592 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bind9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-3592
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3592
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3592/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-3592 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (bind9, bind9-libs, isc-dhcp), 24 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 12, released 5, not-affected 4, DNE 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-3592

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-3592

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isc bind >= 9.11.0, <= 9.16.50 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
isc bind >= 9.18.0, < 9.18.49 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
isc bind >= 9.20.0, < 9.20.23 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
isc bind >= 9.21.0, < 9.21.22 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-3592

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