CVE-2025-30187

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

18/09/2025

Last modified:

04/11/2025

Description

In some circumstances, when DNSdist is configured to use the nghttp2 library to process incoming DNS over HTTPS queries, an attacker might be able to cause a denial of service by crafting a DoH exchange that triggers an unbounded I/O read loop, causing an unexpected consumption of CPU resources.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

3.70

Severity 3.x

LOW

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2025-05.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/18/1