CVE-2026-33595 PUBLISHED

DoQ/DoH3 excessive memory allocation

Assigner: OX
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 22.04.2026 Updated: 22.04.2026

A client can trigger excessive memory allocation by generating a lot of errors responses over a single DoQ and DoH3 connection, as some resources were not properly released until the end of the connection.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor PowerDNS
Product DNSdist
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.9.0 to 1.9.13 (excl.)
  • affected from 2.0.0 to 2.0.4 (excl.)

Credits

  • Mehtab Zafar finder

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE