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CVE-2026-27853

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CVE-2026-27853

Published: Mar 31, 2026

Modified: Mar 31, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.9

MEDIUM

Description

An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending crafted DNS responses to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:changeName or DNSResponse:changeName methods in custom Lua code. In some cases the rewritten packet might become larger than the initial response and even exceed 65535 bytes, potentially leading to a crash resulting in denial of service.

VendorProductVersions

PowerDNS

DNSdist

affected
1.9.0 - < 1.9.12
affected
2.0.0 - < 2.0.3

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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