{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44621","details":"With NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, applications using libunbound and configured with 'unwanted-reply-threshold', could eventually be abruptly terminated if the threshold is reached and libunbound needs to call 'libworker_alloc_cleanup' since the function is absent from the function call allow list. When an application using libunbound sets 'unwanted-reply-threshold' to any non-zero value and the iterator queries an authoritative that replies with enough wrong-transaction-ID UDP datagrams to cross the threshold, the 'libworker_alloc_cleanup' will eventually be called. Since the function is absent from the function call allow list, this leads to a fatal exit of libunbound and eventual termination of the embedding application.Unbound itself is not affected since its relevant function 'worker_alloc_cleanup' is registed in the allow list and proceeds to perform the documented cache flush.","modified":"2026-09-29T13:03:55.460941326Z","published":"2026-07-22T14:17:18.913Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-44621"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44621"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"unbound","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.17.1-2","1.17.1-2+deb12u1","1.17.1-2+deb12u2","1.17.1-2+deb12u3","1.17.1-2+deb12u4","1.17.1-2+loong64","1.18.0-1","1.18.0-2","1.19.1-1","1.19.2-1","1.20.0-1","1.21.1-1","1.22.0-1","1.22.0-2","1.23.1-1","1.24.0-1","1.24.0-2","1.24.1-1","1.24.1-2","1.24.2-1","1.25.0-1","1.25.1-1","1.25.2-1","1.26.0-1","1.26.0-2","1.26.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44621.json"}},{"package":{"name":"unbound","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.26.1-0+deb13u1"}]}],"versions":["1.22.0-2","1.22.0-2+deb13u1","1.22.0-2+deb13u2","1.22.0-2+deb13u3","1.23.1-1","1.24.0-1","1.24.0-2","1.24.1-1","1.24.1-2","1.24.2-1","1.25.0-1","1.25.1-1","1.25.2-1","1.26.0-1","1.26.0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44621.json"}},{"package":{"name":"unbound","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.25.2-1"}]}],"versions":["1.22.0-2","1.23.1-1","1.24.0-1","1.24.0-2","1.24.1-1","1.24.1-2","1.24.2-1","1.25.0-1","1.25.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44621.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}