Domain hijacking via trusted unsolicited NS records
Published Oct 22, 2025 · Updated Oct 22, 2025
Cache poisoning in NLnet Labs Unbound 1.24.1 and earlier allows attackers to hijack domains through forged DNS replies. Unbound accepts unsolicited NS RRSets and related addresses from positive, YXDOMAIN, and non-referral NODATA replies as trusted in-zone delegation data. Exploitation requires an adjacent-network position capable of attaching forged records to a reply and affects non-DNSSEC-protected data.
Summary
What happened
Cache poisoning in NLnet Labs Unbound 1.24.1 and earlier allows attackers to hijack domains through forged DNS replies. Unbound accepts unsolicited NS RRSets and related addresses from positive, YXDOMAIN, and non-referral NODATA replies as trusted in-zone delegation data. Exploitation requires an adjacent-network position capable of attaching forged records to a reply and affects non-DNSSEC-protected data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11411
- Published
- Oct 22, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Vendor
- NLnet Labs
- Product
- Unbound
- Classifications
- CWE-349, T1565.002
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 22, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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