CVE-2026-33594

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

22/04/2026

Last modified:

22/04/2026

Description

A client can trigger excessive memory allocation by generating a lot of queries that are routed to an overloaded DoH backend, causing queries to accumulate into a buffer that will not be released until the end of the connection.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 5.30 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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

Base Score 3.x

5.30

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-04.html