CVE-2025-30194

HIGH

DNSdist 1.9.0-1.9.8 - Denial of Service via DoH nghttp2 Provider

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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