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CVE-2026-0396 (GCVE-0-2026-0396)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-31 11:50 – Updated: 2026-03-31 13:21
VLAI
Title
HTML injection in the web dashboard
Summary
An attacker might be able to inject HTML content into the internal web dashboard by sending crafted DNS queries to a DNSdist instance where domain-based dynamic rules have been enabled via either DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRule or DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRuleFFI.
Severity
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-31 13:21 UTC
CWE
  • Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
  • CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PowerDNS DNSdist Affected: 1.9.0 , < 1.9.12 (semver)
Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.0.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-03-30 22:00
Credits
Aisle Research
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