medium 4.3

CVE-2020-8624 json

update-policy rules of type "subdomain" are enforced incorrectly

published 2020-08-21 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-29472

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.8%; EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 0; none known

In BIND 9.9.12 -> 9.9.13, 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.1 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.12-S1 -> 9.9.13-S1, 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker who has been granted privileges to change a specific subset of the zone's content could abuse these unintended additional privileges to update other contents of the zone.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 6

ISC BIND9 9.11.22, 9.11.22-S1, 9.16.6, 9.17.4

debian ubuntu red hat suse opensuse alpine

bind9 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:9.16.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8624

bind9 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.13
bind9 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8624

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bind RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-sdb RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-libs RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-utils RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-chroot RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-pkcs11 RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-license RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
bind-libs-lite RHEL 7 32:9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:5203 RHSA-2020:5011 RHSA-2020:4500

bind SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +4 more 9.11.22-3.22.1
bind SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 +5 more 9.16.6-12.32.1
sysuser-tools SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 +4 more 2.0-4.2.8

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2020:2915-1 SUSE-SU-2020:2914-1

bind openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.16.20-1.4
bind openSUSE Leap 15.1 9.16.6-lp151.11.9.1
libuv openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.18.0-lp151.3.3.1
sysuser-tools openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.0-lp151.4.3.1
bind openSUSE Leap 15.2 9.16.6-lp152.14.3.1
libuv openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.18.0-lp152.4.3.1
sysuser-tools openSUSE Leap 15.2 2.0-lp152.5.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10650-1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1701-1 openSUSE-SU-2020:1699-1

bind Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 9.16.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-8624

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-8624 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 4.3

bind: incorrect enforcement of update-policy rules of type "subdomain"

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) bind 9.11.20-5.el8, bind-sdb 9.11.20-5.el8, bind-libs 9.11.20-5.el8, bind-utils 9.11.20-5.el8, bind-chroot 9.11.20-5.el8, bind-pkcs11 9.11.20-5.el8, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bind 9.11.20-5.el8, bind-export-libs 9.11.20-5.el8
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4500
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) bind 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-libs 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-utils 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-license 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-libs-lite 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-export-libs 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) bind 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-sdb 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-pkcs11 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-pkcs11-libs 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, +1 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.7) bind 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-libs 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-utils 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-license 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-libs-lite 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-export-libs 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) bind 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-sdb 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-pkcs11 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-pkcs11-libs 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, +1 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7) bind 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-sdb 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-chroot 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-pkcs11 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-sdb-chroot 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-pkcs11-libs 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, +1 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) bind 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-libs 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-utils 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-pkcs11 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-license 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) bind 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-libs 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-utils 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-chroot 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-pkcs11 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-license 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, +4 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) bind-sdb 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5011

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.7) bind-sdb 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3, bind-sdb-chroot 9.11.4-9.P2.el7_7.3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5203
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) bind 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-libs 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-utils 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-pkcs11 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-license 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) bind-sdb 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2, bind-sdb-chroot 9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.2
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:5011
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 bind, bind97 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bind, bind-sdb, bind-libs, bind-utils, bind-chroot
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

ISC BIND9

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/
vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com /4468-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
debian.org /security/2020/dsa-4752
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKAMJZXR66P6S5LEU4SN7USSNCWTXEXP/
vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/202008-19
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
vendor-advisory, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
kb.isc.org /docs/cve-2020-8624
vendor-advisory
security.netapp.com /advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/
third-party-advisory
synology.com /security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8624
NVD CVE-2020-8624

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Summary