Issued at: 2026-09-19
Updated at: 2026-09-19
Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:68787, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.
Synopsis
Important: perl-Net-DNS security update
Description
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.