Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting dnsdist package, versions [,1.9.15)[2.0.0,2.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DNSDIST-17660697
  • published27 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-40011  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dnsdist to version 1.9.15, 2.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output via the prometheus endpoint. An attacker can cause invalid output to be produced and prevent the endpoint from being scraped by sending a large number of crafted DNS queries, which triggers a dynamic block with a problematic value.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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