{"id":"CVE-2026-33256","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-33256","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:28:03.963Z","title":"An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service.","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.","published":"2026-04-22T10:16:51.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T00:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@open-xchange.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-770"],"affected":["powerdns/recursor"],"epss":{"score":0.00606,"percentile":0.4872,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-03.html","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@open-xchange.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33256","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}