TI-2018-10491 Aliases CVE-2018-14626 GHSA-pvqq-mpxw-8x79

Uncontrolled resource consumption in PowerDNS pdns

LOW 38CWE-400Published 2018-11-29 · Updated 2024-08-05

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 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02721 86th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
PowerDNS	pdns	4.1.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive	—	No fix listed	CNA
PowerDNS	pdns-recursor	4.0.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive	—	No fix listed	CNA

pdns VendorPowerDNS Affected 4.1.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
pdns-recursor VendorPowerDNS Affected 4.0.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative::::::::	4.1.0 – 4.1.4	Vulnerable	PowerDNS
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor::::::::	4.0.0 – 4.1.4	Vulnerable	PowerDNS

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 – 4.1.4 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 – 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

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-14626
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pvqq-mpxw-8x79

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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