3.7

CVE-2026-40011: powerdns dnsdist Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVSS: 3.7v3.1LowDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-40011DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40011
Published 25-06-2026Last modified 25-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-40011 is a low (CVSS 3.7) Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in powerdns dnsdist. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11411-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21533-1SUSE-SU-2026:23123-1SUSE-SU-2026:23146-1

Timeline

  1. 25-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An attacker sending a large number of crafted DNS queries might be able to trigger a dynamic block being inserted with a value causing invalid output to be produced in the prometheus endpoint. The prometheus endpoint will then be rejected by the scraper until the dynamic block expires.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 0.15% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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) | < 1.9.15-0+deb13u1 | < 2.1.0-1
Powerdns1 product
  • dnsdist≥ 1.9.0, < 1.9.15 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.7
Ubuntu1 product
  • dnsdistAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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