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High 7.5Published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-33257An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
powerdns authoritative powerdns:authoritative | from 4.9.0 before 4.9.14; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.4 | NVD |
powerdns dnsdist powerdns:dnsdist | from 1.9.0 before 1.9.13; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.4 | NVD |
powerdns recursor powerdns:recursor | from 5.2.0 before 5.2.9; from 5.3.0 before 5.3.6; 5.4.0 | NVD |
References
- https://docs.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-05.htmlvendor-advisory
- https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-03.htmlbroken-link, vendor-advisory
- https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-04.htmlvendor-advisory
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