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dnsdist

Vendor: powerdns

Actively Exploited 0 CISA KEV List
PoC / Exploits 0 Code Available
Total RCEs 1 Remote Access
Total CVEs 63 Total Indexed
Avg. EPSS 0.77% Exploit Prob.
Latest CVE CVE-2026-33602 Apr 22

Security Vulnerability Index

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6.5 CVSS

A rogue backend can send a crafted UDP response with a query ID off by one related to the maximum configured value, triggering an out-of-bounds write leading to a denial of service.

EPSS: 0.73%
3.1 CVSS

A rogue backend can send a crafted SVCB response to a Discovery of Designated Resolvers request, when requested via either the autoUpgrade (Lua) option to newServer or auto_upgrade (YAML) settings. DDR upgrade is not enabled by default.

EPSS: 0.28%
4.8 CVSS

A cached crafted response can cause an out-of-bounds read if custom Lua code calls getDomainListByAddress() or getAddressListByDomain() on a packet cache.

EPSS: 1.07%
3.7 CVSS

PRSD detection denial of service

EPSS: 0.35%
3.1 CVSS

A client might theoretically be able to cause a mismatch between queries sent to a backend and the received responses by sending a flood of perfectly timed queries that are routed to a TCP-only or DNS over TLS backend.

EPSS: 0.17%
5.3 CVSS

A client can trigger excessive memory allocation by generating a lot of errors responses over a single DoQ and DoH3 connection, as some resources were not properly released until the end of the connection.

EPSS: 0.37%
5.3 CVSS

A client can trigger excessive memory allocation by generating a lot of queries that are routed to an overloaded DoH backend, causing queries to accumulate into a buffer that will not be released until the end of the connection.

EPSS: 0.37%
7.5 CVSS

A client can trigger a divide by zero error leading to crash by sending a crafted DNSCrypt query.

EPSS: 0.38%
5.3 CVSS

An attacker can create a large number of concurrent DoQ or DoH3 connections, causing unlimited memory allocation in DNSdist and leading to a denial of service. DOQ and DoH3 are disabled by default.

EPSS: 0.37%
5.3 CVSS

An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service. The internal web server is disabled by default.

EPSS: 0.52%