CVE-2026-11622

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer from runaway memory usage. The attacker needs to be able to send queries faster than the resolver can perform validation. The increased memory usage can be orders of magnitude beyond the limit configured in the max-cache-size parameter. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.11.0 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
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
54.7%
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-2026-11622: Potential memory usage beyond configured limits

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-11622
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-2026-11622(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 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-22 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-22 17:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-22 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 14:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-11622?
CVE-2026-11622 is a high vulnerability published on July 22, 2026. A DNSSEC validating resolver that is under a random subdomain attack against a DNSSEC-signed zone can suffer from runaway memory usage. The attacker needs to be able to send queries faster than the resolver can perform validation. The increased memory usage can be orders of magnitude beyond the…
When was CVE-2026-11622 disclosed?
CVE-2026-11622 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-2026-11622 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-11622 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 54.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-11622?
CVE-2026-11622 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-11622?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-11622, 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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