RHSA-2026:98525 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for bind9.18 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS (Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named), which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

Security Fix(es):

• bind: BIND: Denial of Service via unbounded processing of crafted DNS messages (CVE-2026-19630)
• bind: bind: Arbitrary code execution via GSS-TSIG UDP message replay (CVE-2026-94300)
• bind: bind: Denial of Service via assertion failure during redirect processing (CVE-2026-96888)
• bind: bind: Denial of service via assertion failure in RPZ query processing (CVE-2026-97313)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2556406 - CVE-2026-19630 bind: BIND: Denial of Service via unbounded processing of crafted DNS messages
• BZ - 2556407 - CVE-2026-94300 bind: bind: Arbitrary code execution via GSS-TSIG UDP message replay
• BZ - 2556413 - CVE-2026-96888 bind: bind: Denial of Service via assertion failure during redirect processing
• BZ - 2556415 - CVE-2026-97313 bind: bind: Denial of service via assertion failure in RPZ query processing

CVEs

• CVE-2026-19630
• CVE-2026-94300
• CVE-2026-96888
• CVE-2026-97313

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important