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CVE-2026-12245

Denial of DNS over TLS service by any DoT client

CVSS 8.7 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-416
NSD from version 4.13.0 has a heap use-after-free bug in logging errors on TLS connections, causing a crash of the server process, which can be triggered trivially by sending a DNS query over a DoT connection, and closing the connection without reading the response.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
NLnet Labs · NSD

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