CVE-2026-41637CWE-772

Degradation of resolution service from improperly accounted client-terminated DNS-over-QUIC queries

Low · published July 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
3.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.25.1, client terminated DNS-over-QUIC (DoQ) queries are not accounted properly by Unbound resulting in low-cost inflation of the waiting number of replies for already in-flight resolution queries. This results in degradation of resolution service for new clients for already in-flight queries. A malicious actor can exploit the vulnerability by issuing DoQ queries for query names that need resolution and proceeding on immediately terminating the query by one of STOP_SENDING/RESET_STREAM/CONNECTION_CLOSE QUIC frames. Those terminated DoQ queries are not properly counted for and keep inflating the number of waiting replies for in-flight queries. When the maximum is reached, it results in silent query drops for new clients needing resolution for already in-flight queries. This vulnerability needs Unbound to be compiled with DoQ support ('--with-libngtcp2') and the 'quic-port' to be configured for the listening interfaces. Additionally, a malicious actor needs access to multiple source IPs to bypass the by-default configured 'wait-limit' option.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00368 · 29.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-07-22T13:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 JUL 13:04Z
    Degradation of resolution service from improperly accounted client-terminated DNS-over-QUIC queries
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