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CVE-2026-33258
By publishing and querying a crafted zone an attacker can cause allocation of large entries in the negative and aggressive NSEC(3) caches.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"description":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://repo.powerdns.com/","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["Negative cache","Aggressive use of NSEC cache"],"packageName":"pdns-recursor","product":"Recursor","programFiles":["aggressive_nsec.cc","negcache.cc"],"repo":"https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns","vendor":"PowerDNS","versions":[{"lessThan":"5.4.1","status":"affected","version":"5.4.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThan":"5.3.6","status":"affected","version":"5.3.0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThan":"5.2.9","status":"affected","version":"5.2.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"description":"Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-770","description":"CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-03.html"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b662065de5bafba83b0c42b5f40e99655b1855fdd04c5da0c4d2e25bfde2d6ab · sha256:25a55bccdb9c008e… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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