VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-33254
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- powerdns/dnsdist
- Source
- security@open-xchange.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.