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CVE-2026-27853

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.9 Published: 2026-03-31 Modified: 2026-07-25

Description

An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds write by sending crafted DNS responses to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:changeName or DNSResponse:changeName methods in custom Lua code. In some cases the rewritten packet might become larger than the initial response and even exceed 65535 bytes, potentially leading to a crash resulting in denial of service.

Affected Platforms

Powerdns Dnsdist

Weakness Type

CWE-787

References