CVE-2026-40211
MEDIUMPowerDNS DNSdist - Denial of Service via Crafted DoH3 Queries
Title source: ruleDescription
An attacker can send crafted DNS over HTTP/3 queries, triggering an exception that prevents some buffer from being freed right away. The buffer will be freed at the end of the QUIC connection, but on some setups it might be possible to open enough concurrent DoH3 streams to trigger an out-of-memory condition, resulting in a denial of service.
References (1)
Core 1
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (2)
PowerDNS/DNSdist
1.9.0 - 1.9.15
PowerDNS/DNSdist
2.0.0 - 2.0.7
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 25, 2026