CVE-2026-14586

Medium

Description

In NLnet Labs Unbound 1.22.0 up to and including 1.25.1, in DNS-over-QUIC environments, with high concurrency and under pressure, an assertion in libngtcp2 about monotonic timestamps could trigger and result in server termination and thus denial of service. When interfacing with libngtcp2, for DNS-over-QUIC support in Unbound, it is expected to use monotonic time. Unbound was using realtime instead, and in DoQ environments with high concurrency and under pressure, an assert in libngtcp2 for the quic timestamp would trigger and terminate the server.This vulnerability needs Unbound to be compiled with DoQ support ('--with-libngtcp2') and the 'quic-port' to be configured for the listening interfaces.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductUnbound
PublishedJul 22, 2026
First seenJul 22, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-617CWE-617

How to fix

Update
  • NLnet Labs Unbound1.25.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
NLnet Labs Unbound1.22.0 ≤ v < 1.25.21.25.2

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