Description
When the internal webserver is enabled (default is disabled), an attacker might be able to trick an administrator logged to the dashboard into visiting a malicious website and extract information about the running configuration from the dashboard. The root cause of the issue is a misconfiguration of the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) policy.
Problem types
Overly Permissive Cross-domain Whitelist
Product status
1.9.0 (semver) before 1.9.12
2.0.0 (semver) before 2.0.3
Credits
Surya Narayan Kushwaha (aka Cavid)
References
www.dnsdist.org/...owerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-02.html