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CVE-2026-24028

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-24028 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-126) triggered by a crafted DNS response packet when custom Lua code uses newDNSPacketOverlay for DNS packet parsing; specific affected products are not detailed. Rated Medium with a CVSSv3 score of 5.3, it has low attack complexity and can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction. A successful exploit could lead to a denial of service through a system crash, with a potential for information disclosure by accessing unrelated memory. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available in common repositories, and community discussion remains minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:dnsdist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:dnsdist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

dnsdist.org / security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-02.html
Vendor Advisory