5.9

CVE-2026-33262: powerdns recursor NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33262DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33262
Published 22-04-2026Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-33262 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in powerdns recursor. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An attacker can send replies that result in a null pointer dereference, caused by a missing consistency check and leading to a denial of service. Cookies are disabled by default.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.42% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.2.9-0+deb13u1 | < 5.4.1-1
Powerdns1 product
  • recursor≥ 5.4.0, < 5.4.1 | ≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.9 | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.6 | 5.4.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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