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TI-2025-12682 Aliases CVE-2025-13878GHSA-p5qx-fwf5-q388

Malformed BRID/HHIT records can cause named to terminate unexpectedly

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-617Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-617.

Summary

Malformed BRID/HHIT records can cause `named` to terminate unexpectedly. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.40 through 9.18.43, 9.20.13 through 9.20.17, 9.21.12 through 9.21.16, 9.18.40-S1 through 9.18.43-S1, and 9.20.13-S1 through 9.20.17-S1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.09423 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ISCBIND 99.18.40 – 9.18.43; 9.20.13 – 9.20.17; 9.21.12 – 9.21.16; 9.18.40-S1 – 9.18.43-S1; 9.20.13-S1 – 9.20.17-S1—No fix listedCNA
  • BIND 9 VendorISC Affected 9.18.40 – 9.18.43; 9.20.13 – 9.20.17; 9.21.12 – 9.21.16; 9.18.40-S1 – 9.18.43-S1; 9.20.13-S1 – 9.20.17-S1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——ISC
  • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ISC

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2026:6935 Released 2026-04-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Hardened Images bind-9.18.48-1.hum1@aarch64, bind-9.18.48-1.hum1@src, bind-9.18.48-1.hum1@x86_64 +12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Hardened ImagesFixed RHSA-2026:6935
Not affected: 6 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13878
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5qx-fwf5-q388

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

  • TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27571 Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-07476 A second vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-1999-00042 Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-27773 The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-27240 Cache poisoning attacks with unsolicited RRs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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