CVE-2026-33610

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-04-22 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
powerdns authoritative 4.9.0 – 4.9.14
powerdns authoritative 5.0.0 – 5.0.4

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.39%
Raw Score 0.003930
Percentile 33.4%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00393
2026-10-28
0.00393

Intelligence Sources

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