CVE-2026-24028: medium-severity vulnerability in PowerDNS DNSdist
Out-of-bounds read when parsing DNS packets via Lua
Published
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 1.0%
exploitation probability
1.0%top 37% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
An attacker might be able to trigger an out-of-bounds read by sending a crafted DNS response packet, when custom Lua code uses newDNSPacketOverlay to parse DNS packets. The out-of-bounds read might trigger a crash, leading to a denial of service, or access unrelated memory, leading to potential information disclosure.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
PowerDNS · DNSdistRelated CVEs — PowerDNS DNSdist
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-33598MEDIUMOut-of-bounds read in cache inspection via LuaEPSS 2.8%CVE-2025-30194HIGHDenial of service via crafted DoH exchangeEPSS 2.3%CVE-2026-27853MEDIUMOut-of-bounds write when rewriting large DNS packetsEPSS 1.5%CVE-2026-27854MEDIUMUse after free when parsing EDNS options in LuaEPSS 1.3%CVE-2026-33602MEDIUMOff-by-one access when processing crafted UDP responsesEPSS 1.2%CVE-2024-25581HIGHTransfer requests received over DoH can lead to a denial of service in DNSdistEPSS 1.1%