6.5

CVE-2026-33596: powerdns dnsdist Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33596DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33596
Published 22-04-2026Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-33596 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in powerdns dnsdist. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · +0.22 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10632-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21015-1SUSE-SU-2026:22319-1

Timeline

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

Description

A client might theoretically be able to cause a mismatch between queries sent to a backend and the received responses by sending a flood of perfectly timed queries that are routed to a TCP-only or DNS over TLS backend.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.22 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

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
  • dnsdistAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.9.14-0+deb13u1 | < 2.0.4-1
Powerdns1 product
  • dnsdist≥ 1.9.0, < 1.9.13 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • dnsdistAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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