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CVE-2026-5946 Invalid handling of CLASS != IN

CVE-2026-5946 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) denial-of-service vulnerability in ISC BIND caused by improper input validation when handling DNS queries with a CLASS field not equal to IN. Affected versions include BIND 9.11.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through versions before 9.18.49, 9.20.0 through versions before 9.20.23, and 9.21.0 through versions before 9.21.22. The fix requires upgrading to BIND 9.18.49, 9.20.23, or 9.21.22, respectively.
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