CVE-2022-40188

HIGH

Knot Resolver < 5.5.3 - Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Knot Resolver before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of algorithmic complexity. During an attack, an authoritative server must return large NS sets or address sets.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0145
EPSS Percentile 69.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-407
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 35
fedoraproject/fedora 36
fedoraproject/fedora 37
nic/knot_resolver < 5.5.3
Published Sep 23, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026