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CVE-2026-27854

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
31/03/2026
Last modified:
14/04/2026

Description

An attacker might be able to trigger a use-after-free by sending crafted DNS queries to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions method in custom Lua code. In some cases DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions might refer to a version of the DNS packet that has been modified, thus triggering a use-after-free and potentially 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:L/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
4.80
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)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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