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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2026-33596

A client might theoretically be able to cause a mismatch between queries sent to a backend and the received responses by sending a flood of perfectly timed queries that are routed to a TCP-only or DNS over TLS backend.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A client might theoretically be able to cause a mismatch between queries sent to a backend and the received responses by sending a flood of perfectly timed queries that are routed to a TCP-only or DNS over TLS backend.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
powerdns/dnsdist
Source
security@open-xchange.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.