CVE-2026-33608 (GCVE-0-2026-33608)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 14:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 14:28
VLAI?
Title
Incomplete domain name sanitization during
Summary
An attacker can send a notify request that causes a new secondary domain to be added to the bind backend, but causes said backend to update its configuration to an invalid one, leading to the backend no longer able to run on the next restart, requiring manual operation to fix it.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
OX
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PowerDNS Authoritative Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.4 (semver)
Affected: 4.9.0 , < 4.9.14 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2026-04-08 22:00
Credits
Vitaly Simonovich
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