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CVE-2026-27853

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
31/03/2026
Last modified:
14/04/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.90 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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): High

Base Score 3.x
5.90
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:dnsdist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.9.0 (including) 1.9.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:dnsdist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.0 (including) 2.0.3 (excluding)

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