7.5

CVE-2018-14626: powerdns authoritative Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-14626DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14626ALPINE-CVE-2018-14626
Published 29-11-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-14626 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in powerdns authoritative. EPSS estimates a 2.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 10
MGASA-2019-0008MGASA-2019-0009OPENSUSE-SU-2018:4062-1OPENSUSE-SU-2018:4073-1OPENSUSE-SU-2018:4175-1OPENSUSE-SU-2018:4177-1

Timeline

  1. 29-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.72% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine2 products
  • pdns< 4.1.5-r0 | < 4.0.6-r0
  • pdns-recursor< 4.1.7-r0 | < 4.0.9-r0 | < 4.1.8-r0
Debian2 products
  • pdns< 4.1.5-1
  • pdns-recursor< 4.1.7-1
Powerdns2 products
The powerdns project2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • pdns< 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • pdns-recursor< 4.0.0~alpha2-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

5 vendors · 10 products

References

10 links