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CVE-2018-14626

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of service.

Affected products

• PowerDNS Authoritative: from 4.1.0 through 4.1.4
• PowerDNS Recursor: from 4.0.0 through 4.1.4

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14626
• https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-05.html
• https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-06.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14626
• https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-05.html
• https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-06.html

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