CVE-2026-27831 (GCVE-0-2026-27831)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 00:11 – Updated: 2026-02-26 00:11
VLAI?
Title
rldns Vulnerable to Heap-based Out-of-Bounds Read
Summary
rldns is an open source DNS server. Version 2.3 has a heap-based out-of-bounds read that leads to denial of service. Version 1.4 contains a patch for the issue.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| bluedragonsecurity | rldns |
Affected:
= 1.3
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