CVE-2026-101341 NSD - Buffer Overflow

NSD contains a buffer overflow caused by unchecked token sizes in RDATA of TXT records, letting attackers perform out-of-bounds stack writes and overwrite callback pointers, exploit requires feeding crafted zone files directly to NSD.

CVSS base score 8.7 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
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Details

Type
Buffer Overflow
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
14 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-121

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of NSD with the fix for RDATA token size validation.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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