RHSA-2026:68786 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Net-DNS security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 9

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · September 18, 2026

Updated · October 31, 2026

Topic

An update for perl-Net-DNS is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2026:68786 — Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Net-DNS security update | PulseLinux