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CVE-2026-0396: HTML injection in the web dashboard
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-03-31 · updated 2026-07-25
- Weakness: CWE-80
Description
An attacker might be able to inject HTML content into the internal web dashboard by sending crafted DNS queries to a DNSdist instance where domain-based dynamic rules have been enabled via either DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRule or DynBlockRulesGroup:setSuffixMatchRuleFFI.
Affected products
- PowerDNS DNSdist: from 1.9.0 before 1.9.12; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.3 — fixed in 1.9.12, 2.0.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.12, 2.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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