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TI-2022-17494 Aliases CVE-2022-37428GHSA-w3r7-9rrf-88pm

PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is…

Priority LOW 32CWE-459Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

PowerDNS Recursor up to and including 4.5.9, 4.6.2 and 4.7.1, when protobuf logging is enabled, has Improper Cleanup upon a Thrown Exception, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DNS query that leads to an answer with specific properties.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01444 73rd 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
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0 to before 4.5.10; 4.6.0 to before 4.6.3; 4.7.0 to before 4.7.2VulnerablePowerDNS
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*36VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0 to before 4.5.10; 4.6.0 to before 4.6.3; 4.7.0 to before 4.7.2 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 36 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

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-2022-37428
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w3r7-9rrf-88pm

References

Advisory 3

Sources

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