CVE-2026-0398 (GCVE-0-2026-0398)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-09 14:20
Modified
2026-02-09 15:37
CWE
  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
Crafted zones can lead to increased resource usage and crafted CNAME chains can lead to cache poisoning in Recursor.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PowerDNS Recursor Version: 5.3.0   
Version: 5.2.0   
Version: 5.1.0   
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