CVE-2026-1519: Excessive NSEC3 iterations cause high CPU load during insecure delegation validation

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Mar
Released
2026-03-29
Last Updated
2026-04-24
EPSS Score
0.03% (percentile: 9.5%)

Affected Products (3)

Open Source Software

  • cbl2 bind 9.16.50-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • azl3 bind 9.20.18-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 dhcp 4.4.3.P1-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0

Revision History

  • 2026-03-29: Information published.
  • 2026-03-30: Information published.
  • 2026-03-31: Information published.
  • 2026-04-15: Information published.
  • 2026-04-24: Information published.