With NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.25.1, applications using libunbound and configured with 'unwanted-reply-threshold', could eventually be abruptly terminated if the threshold is reached and libunbound needs to call 'libworker_alloc_cleanup' since the function is absent from the function call allow list. When an application using libunbound sets 'unwanted-reply-threshold' to any non-zero value and the iterator queries an authoritative that replies with enough wrong-transaction-ID UDP datagrams to cross the threshold, the 'libworker_alloc_cleanup' will eventually be called. Since the function is absent from the function call allow list, this leads to a fatal exit of libunbound and eventual termination of the embedding application.Unbound itself is not affected since its relevant function 'worker_alloc_cleanup' is registed in the allow list and proceeds to perform the documented cache flush.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade unbound | Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound-utils-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-anchor-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-anchorUpgrade unbound-utilsUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfo | Aug 10, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade unbound | Sep 21, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade unbound | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 25, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 21, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 10, 2026 | Jul 22, 2026 |
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