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CVE-2026-42005 (GCVE-0-2026-42005)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 11:57 – Updated: 2026-06-25 13:04
VLAI
Title
Insufficient input validation of internal web server
Summary
An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service. The internal web server is disabled by default.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-25 13:03 UTC
CWE
  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PowerDNS Authoritative Affected: 4.9.0 , < 4.9.16 (semver)
Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.6 (semver)
Affected: 5.1.0 , < 5.1.2 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-06-10 22:00
Credits
ilya rozentsvaig
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