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CVE-2026-33262

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-33262 is a null pointer dereference vulnerability that occurs when an attacker sends specially crafted replies that bypass missing consistency checks in the affected application, resulting in a denial of service condition. The specific products impacted by this vulnerability are not detailed in the provided data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium severity) and can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, though it requires high attack complexity. The attack results in availability impact through denial of service, while confidentiality and integrity remain unaffected. Notably, cookies are disabled by default in the affected application, which may limit certain attack vectors. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, with the vulnerability not appearing on the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog or industry hot lists. The EPSS score of 0.00005 indicates minimal probability of exploitation compared to other disclosed vulnerabilities, suggesting low community attention and limited availability of public exploit code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.2.0, < 5.2.9CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.3.0, < 5.3.6CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.powerdns.com / recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-03.html
Broken LinkVendor Advisory