Vuln Signal Radar
public-safe defensive signal
MEDIUMpublic-safe

CVE-2026-78227

NVD: NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.26.1, has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-QUIC support with '--with-libngtcp2'. NVD: Each DoQ stream owns an output buffer that holds the DNS response. NVD: ngtcp2's retransmission buffer keeps a shallow pointer into the output buffer for as long as a STREAM frame may be resent.

CVSS
6.5
Severity
MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0027 (19)
KEV
-

Source-published summary

NVD: NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.26.1, has a use-after-free vulnerability when compiled for DNS-over-QUIC support with '--with-libngtcp2'. NVD: Each DoQ stream owns an output buffer that holds the DNS response. NVD: ngtcp2's retransmission buffer keeps a shallow pointer into the output buffer for as long as a STREAM frame may be resent.

Possible impact

Source describes memory safety review. Possible impact: The affected component has memory-safety risk that may lead to crash, privilege, or code-execution impact depending on exposure.

Affected context

Affected product or version requires source confirmation.

Remediation / advisory

Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.

Why it matters

Source describes memory safety review. Possible impact: The affected component has memory-safety risk that may lead to crash, privilege, or code-execution impact depending on exposure.; CVSS 6.5 (MEDIUM); EPSS percentile 19; not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

exposure unknown

Impact tags

memory safety review

Urgency reasons

vendor advisory presentrecent update

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used
True
fallback summary used
False
unsafe procedural detail present
false
raw source displayed
false
public summary redacted
true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.

Official references