RLSA-2026:68787

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:68787
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:68787.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:68787
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-81928
Published
2026-09-19T06:01:33Z
Modified
2026-09-19T06:30:02Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: perl-Net-DNS security update
Details

The perl-Net-DNS package contains a collection of Perl modules that act as a Domain Name System (DNS) resolver. It allows the programmer to perform DNS queries that are beyond the capabilities of the gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr routines.

Security Fix(es):

  • perl-Net-DNS: Net::DNS: Denial of Service via unbounded recursion with misplaced TSIG records (CVE-2026-81928)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Database specific
{
    "license":  "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url":  "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:68787"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / perl-Net-DNS

Package

Name
perl-Net-DNS
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/perl-Net-DNS?distro=rocky-linux-8-x86-64&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:1.15-2.el8_10
Database specific
Show details
{
    "yum_repository":  "AppStream"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:68787.json"