CVE-2026-33257Disclosure(powerdns / authoritative)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-770

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • authoritative
  • dnsdist
  • recursor

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-04-22); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
authoritativednsdistrecursor

1 version affected across 3 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-22: 1Mentions · 2026-04-27: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-22: 104-2204-27
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • 日本レジストリサービス(JPRS)@JPRS_official
    Disclosure

    【注意喚起】PowerDNS Authoritative Serverの脆弱性情報が公開されました(CVE-2026-33257、他5件) https://jprs.jp/tech/security/2026-04-27-powerdns-auth.html

    Post summary

    The post alerts readers that vulnerability information for PowerDNS Authoritative Server (CVE-2026-33257 and five other CVEs) has been published, linking to an external article for details.

    01040682
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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-33257 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 disa… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33257

    Post summary

    The text discloses CVE‑2026‑33257 as a memory allocation denial‑of‑service flaw in the internal web server, with no evidence of PoC, exploit code, active exploitation, or patch information.

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CPE platform detail4 entries

4 of 4 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Apppowerdnsauthoritative---
Apppowerdnsdnsdist---
Apppowerdnsrecursor---
Apppowerdnsrecursor5.4.0--

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