๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-40208

LOW 3.7

Denial of service via DoH3 queries

CVSS Score
3.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

An attacker might be able to delay the processing of DoH3 queries by sending DoH3 GET queries with an invalid DATA frame.

Vendor powerdns
Product dnsdist
Published Jun 25, 2026
Last Updated Jun 25, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

PowerDNS / DNSdist
1.9.0 < 1.9.15 2.0.0 < 2.0.7

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
dnsdist.org: https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-09.html

Credits

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