Out-of-bounds Read Affecting dnsdist package, versions [,1.9.13)[2.0.0-alpha0,2.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.07% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DNSDIST-16299946
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed23 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-33598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dnsdist to version 1.9.13, 2.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read via the getDomainListByAddress or getAddressListByDomain functions in custom Lua code interacting with the packet cache. An attacker can access sensitive information or cause a partial denial of service by sending a specially crafted cached response.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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