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  "details": "The issue is a resource exhaustion vulnerability associated with DNSSEC validation. BIND always validates all RRSIG records in an answer, even if they are not strictly needed. A query to an authoritative server/zone which returns many valid but superfluous RRSIG records causes the validator to waste disproportionate CPU time.\nThis issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-11605",
  "modified": "2026-11-04T02:30:58.308117878Z",
  "published": "2026-07-22T15:16:51.573Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.26"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.24"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-11605"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}