CVE-2026-10723

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.8
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

BIND may accept incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records as valid, which could allow an attacker to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.24-S1.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8(high)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
19.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 22, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVE-2026-10723: Incorrect acceptance of NSEC3 records

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-10723
generic

Index of /isc/bind9/9.21.24

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.24
generic

Index of /isc/bind9/9.20.26

https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.26

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-10723(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 10× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 19:07 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-22 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-22 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-22 14:48 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 14:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-10723?
CVE-2026-10723 is a medium vulnerability published on July 22, 2026. BIND may accept incorrect child-zone NSEC3 records as valid, which could allow an attacker to forge authenticated NXDOMAIN responses. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.18.0 through 9.18.50, 9.20.0 through 9.20.24, 9.21.0 through 9.21.23, 9.11.3-S1 through 9.18.50-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through…
When was CVE-2026-10723 disclosed?
CVE-2026-10723 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-10723 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-10723 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 19.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-10723?
CVE-2026-10723 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-10723?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-10723, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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