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PowerDNS Authoritative CVE-2026-42396

| EUVD-2026-31265 MEDIUM
Code Injection (CWE-94)
2026-05-21 OX GHSA-hm6h-mcgv-h2x8
4.9
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
May 21, 2026 - 11:01 EUVD
Analysis Generated
May 21, 2026 - 10:47 vuln.today

DescriptionNVD

Insufficient Validation of Member Zone Data May Cause Catalog Zone Transfer to Fail

AnalysisAI

Catalog zone transfer failure in PowerDNS Authoritative can be triggered by a high-privileged remote attacker who injects insufficiently validated member zone data, causing the catalog zone transfer mechanism to abort and preventing secondary nameservers from receiving zone updates. The impact is a targeted denial-of-service against DNS zone replication infrastructure, affecting any deployment using catalog zones (RFC 9432). …

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CVE-2026-42396 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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