CVE-2026-33257

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-04.html

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-03.html

https://docs.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-05.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-22

Updated: 2026-04-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L