CVE-2026-24027 (GCVE-0-2026-24027)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-09 14:25 – Updated: 2026-02-09 16:19
VLAI?
Title
Crafted zones can lead to increased incoming network traffic
Summary
Crafted zones can lead to increased incoming network traffic.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)
Assigner
OX
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PowerDNS Recursor Affected: 5.3.0 , < 5.3.5 (semver)
Affected: 5.2.0 , < 5.2.8 (semver)
Affected: 5.1.0 , < 5.1.10 (semver)
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Credits
Shuhan Zhang from Tsinghua University
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