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title: "CVE-2026-101341: NSD - Buffer Overflow"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-101341/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101341)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101341](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101341)
- [https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-101341.txt](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-101341.txt)

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