CVE-2026-13321

HIGHPre-NVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.6
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

The BIND resolver accepts validly-signed NSEC records where the "Next Domain Name" field points outside the signer's zone. 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
8.6
EG Score
8.6(high)
EG Risk
54(Track)
EG Risk 54/100SSVC: 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
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
17.4%
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-2026-13321: DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Out-of-Zone NSEC Next Field

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2026-13321
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-2026-13321(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 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-22 17:09 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-2026-13321?
CVE-2026-13321 is a high vulnerability published on July 22, 2026. The BIND resolver accepts validly-signed NSEC records where the "Next Domain Name" field points outside the signer's zone. 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.
When was CVE-2026-13321 disclosed?
CVE-2026-13321 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-2026-13321 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-13321 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-13321?
CVE-2026-13321 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-13321?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-13321, 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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