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Description

A rogue primary server may cause file descriptor exhaustion and eventually a denial of service, when a PowerDNS secondary server forwards a DNS update request to it.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-23 | Published 2026-04-22 | Updated 2026-04-22 | Assigner OX




MEDIUM: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem types

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Product status

Default status
unaffected

5.0.0 (semver) before 5.0.4
affected

4.9.0 (semver) before 4.9.14
affected

Credits

ylwango613 finder

References

docs.powerdns.com/...powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-05.html

cve.org (CVE-2026-33610)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-33610)

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