Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Affecting dnsdist package, versions [1.9.0-alpha0,1.9.12)[2.0.0-alpha0,2.0.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DNSDIST-15915724
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed31 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-24030  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-789  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dnsdist to version 1.9.12, 2.0.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value via the processing of DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads. An attacker can cause excessive memory consumption by sending specially crafted requests, potentially leading to process termination or system instability.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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