CVE-2026-33260

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 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWE

CWE-770

Published

2026-04-22

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• powerdns:authoritative
• powerdns:dnsdist
• powerdns:recursor

References

• https://docs.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-05.html
• https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-03.html
• https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-04.html

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