CVE-2026-5946

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 77.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-01.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-20 13:10Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-09-01 12:04Z3 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-04-09

Assigning CNA

isc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
• CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsClass
• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b8860eb17b7725fb84a80989ca8a90214568f3453d16bbd8f0543f741195dced

• kb.isc.orgCVE-2026-5946https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-5946vendor-advisory
• downloads.isc.orghttps://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.49patch
• downloads.isc.orghttps://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23patch
• downloads.isc.orghttps://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22patch
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5946vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2479771https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479771issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-5946.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60383vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24338vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24339vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23360vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57189vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55441vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24367vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24368vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20334vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT