CVE-2026-18916 (GCVE-0-2026-18916)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-26 08:39
Modified
2026-08-26 14:22
CWE
Summary
Any remote client can crash a NSD serve child, by throttling the TCP receive window after a TCP query. By continuously crashing the serve childs, the remote client can denial all TCP service to this NSD instance.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NLnet Labs NSD Version: 3.2.11   
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