CVE-2026-24030

Unbounded memory allocation for DoQ and DoH3

Published Mar 31, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An attacker might be able to trick DNSdist into allocating too much memory while processing DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads, resulting in a denial of service. In setups with a large quantity of memory available this usually results in an exception and the QUIC connection is properly closed, but in some cases the system might enter an out-of-memory state instead and terminate the process.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6235-1 dnsdist security update
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:dnsdist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Powerdns
Powerdns dnsdist
Vendors & Products Powerdns
Powerdns dnsdist
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Weaknesses CWE-789
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description An attacker might be able to trick DNSdist into allocating too much memory while processing DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads, resulting in a denial of service. In setups with a large quantity of memory available this usually results in an exception and the QUIC connection is properly closed, but in some cases the system might enter an out-of-memory state instead and terminate the process.
Title Unbounded memory allocation for DoQ and DoH3
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Published
Updated
Mar 31, 2026, 1:14 PM
Reserved
Jan 20, 2026, 2:56 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 31, 2026, 12:16 PM
Modified
Jul 25, 2026, 10:10 AM