CVE-2026-40211

MEDIUM

PowerDNS DNSdist - Denial of Service via Crafted DoH3 Queries

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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