{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "1.13.2"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "1.25.2"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8e538dcaa8df2d0fab8ff3dcf94ac1f972450b66"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "c33ad1b1a21e48bfe4f140e90252a9be1b0c5745"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/nlnetlabs/unbound",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {},
  "details": "In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.13.2 up to and including 1.25.1, stub or forward zones where the name is below an intermediate labed below a DNSSEC signed zone could be shadowed by the intermediate label's secure NXDOMAIN answer from the parent. This is caused by an off-by-one error in 'harden-below-nxdomain' logic; enabled by default. It effectively bypasses the configuration and the configured stub/forward zone is never contacted. 'harden-below-nxdomain' does an upward DNS cache walk together with a delegation point guard that does not allow NXDOMAIN synthesis above stub/forward zones. The guard tests the domain name but before stripping a label. This results in an iteration where the domain name equals the configured stub/forward zone apex that passes the guard, strips one more label, and probes the cache at the apex's immediate public parent. If that parent has a cached DNSSEC-secure NXDOMAIN, which it will for any private namespace nested two or more labels under a signed public name, the walk returns it and the configured stub/forward upstream is never contacted. This can only be triggered by the query for the intermediate label (between the stub/forward apex and the DNSSEC parent zone).",
  "id": "CVE-2026-44687",
  "modified": "2026-07-27T11:42:24.738672773Z",
  "published": "2026-07-22T14:17:19.040Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2026-44687.txt"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}