๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-33593

HIGH 7.5

Denial of service via crafted DNSCrypt query

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A client can trigger a divide by zero error leading to crash by sending a crafted DNSCrypt query.

Vendor powerdns
Product dnsdist
Published Apr 22, 2026
Last Updated Apr 22, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

PowerDNS / DNSdist
1.9.0 < 1.9.13 2.0.0 < 2.0.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
dnsdist.org: https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-04.html

Credits

Haruto Kimura (Stella)