Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2026 · Assigned by OX

CVE-2026-33599Out-of-bounds read in service discovery

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity out-of-bounds read in DNSdist from PowerDNS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A rogue backend can send a crafted SVCB response to a Discovery of Designated Resolvers request, when requested via either the autoUpgrade (Lua) option to newServer or auto_upgrade (YAML) settings. DDR upgrade is not enabled by default.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.23dnsdist2.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33599
Alpine:v3.24dnsdist2.0.4-r0ALPINE-CVE-2026-33599
Debian:12dnsdistno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-33599
Debian:13dnsdist1.9.14-0+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33599
Debian:14dnsdist2.0.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33599
Ubuntu:25.10dnsdistno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33599
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSdnsdistno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33599
Ubuntu:26.10dnsdistno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33599

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.0 – before 1.9.132.0.0 – before 2.0.4

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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