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CVE-2026-42005

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service. The internal web server is disabled by default.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-42005
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Reserved
2026-04-23 11:15 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 11:57 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 13:04 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-400
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vendor / Product
PowerDNS / Authoritative
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

4.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
PowerDNS Authoritative — 4.9.0 < 4.9.16, 5.0.0 < 5.0.6, 5.1.0 < 5.1.2
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
— cna Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-400 adp CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
4.3 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References (1)
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