CVE-2026-0398

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

09/02/2026

Last modified:

09/02/2026

Description

Crafted zones can lead to increased resource usage and crafted CNAME chains can lead to cache poisoning in Recursor.

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://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-01.html