CVE-2025-30194
HIGHDNSdist 1.9.0-1.9.8 - Denial of Service via DoH nghttp2 Provider
Title source: llmDescription
When DNSdist is configured to provide DoH via the nghttp2 provider, an attacker can cause a denial of service by crafting a DoH exchange that triggers an illegal memory access (double-free) and crash of DNSdist, causing a denial of service. The remedy is: upgrade to the patched 1.9.9 version. A workaround is to temporarily switch to the h2o provider until DNSdist has been upgraded to a fixed version. We would like to thank Charles Howes for bringing this issue to our attention.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-30194-detection-dnsdist-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-30194-mitigate-dnsdist-vulnerability
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0199
EPSS Percentile
78.0%
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-416
Status
published
Products (1)
PowerDNS/DNSdist
1.9.0 - 1.9.9
Published
Apr 29, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026