CVE-2026-45557 (GCVE-0-2026-45557)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 13:47 – Updated: 2026-05-19 14:57
VLAI
Title
Technitium DNS Server excessive DNSSEC requests
Summary
Technitium DNS Server aggressively tries to fetch missing RRSIG records or mismatched DNSKEY records. An attacker in control of a domain can cause a vulnerable system to generate excessive network traffic. Fixed in 15.0.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · cisa-cg (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-18 22:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
  • CWE-406 - Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
cisa-cg CNA under the CISA root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 127 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Technitium DNS Server Affected: 0 , < 15.0 (custom)
Unaffected: 15.0
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2026-05-19 00:00
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