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TI-2018-07665 Aliases CVE-2018-10851GHSA-v52v-2q9p-gp4x

Uncontrolled resource consumption in PowerDNS pdns

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06041 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PowerDNSpdns3.3.0 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6—No fix listedCNA
PowerDNSpdns-recursor3.2 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9—No fix listedCNA
  • pdns VendorPowerDNS Affected 3.3.0 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • pdns-recursor VendorPowerDNS Affected 3.2 to 4.1.4, excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3 – 4.1.4VulnerablePowerDNS
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2 – 4.1.4VulnerablePowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3 – 4.1.4 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 – 4.1.4 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10851
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v52v-2q9p-gp4x

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2015-01678 The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2016-04703 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 does not properly handle a . CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-04466 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server 3.4.4 before 3.4.7 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2016-04702 PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 3.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-25990 Incomplete domain name sanitization during CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-15157 An issue was discovered in PowerDNS Authoritative through 4.3.0 when… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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