Bug 2460718 (CVE-2026-33254)

Summary: CVE-2026-33254 dnsdist: resource exhaustion via DoQ/DoH3 connections
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A flaw was found in PowerDNS DNSdist. An attacker can create a large number of concurrent DoQ or DoH3 connections, causing unlimited memory allocation in DNSdist and leading to a denial of service. DOQ and DoH3 are disabled by default.
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Bug Depends On: 2460846, 2460847    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-22 15:07:17 UTC
An attacker can create a large number of concurrent DoQ or DoH3 connections, causing unlimited memory allocation in DNSdist and leading to a denial of service. DOQ and DoH3 are disabled by default.