<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Hello BIND-users,</div><div><br></div><div>As part of ISC's policy of pre-notification of upcoming security releases, we are writing to inform you that the October 2026 BIND 9 maintenance release(s) that will be published on Wednesday, 21 October, will contain fixes for security vulnerabilities affecting stable BIND 9 release branch(es).</div><div><br></div><div>Further details about those vulnerabilities will be publicly disclosed at the time the release(s) are published. It is our hope that this pre-announcement will aid BIND 9 administrators in preparing for that disclosure when it occurs. If you have feedback or questions concerning this policy, please open a confidential GitLab issue at: <a href="https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/issues/new?issue%5Bconfidential%5D=true">https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/issues/new?issue[confidential]=true</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div></body></html>