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CVE-2026-101337: Stack overwrite from specially formatted base64 RDATA field
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v4.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-16
- Weakness: CWE-121
Description
When base64 data is split up in pieces, of 3 character or less, tokens were incorrectly calculated to produce 0 bytes. This enables attackers to overwrite the stack with up to 64K of attacker controlled data. Zone files which are written out by NSD itself, such as for zones for which the NSD instance is secondary, will not be formatted like this. The zone file must be fed to NSD directly, (but it could come, for example, from an operator controlled provisioning system).
Affected products
- NLnet Labs NSD: from 4.10.0 before 4.15.3 — fixed in 4.15.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: NLnet Labs NSD 4.15.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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