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CVE-2026-33602 json

Off-by-one access when processing crafted UDP responses

published 6mo ago modified 14d ago also EUVD-2026-24943

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A rogue backend can send a crafted UDP response with a query ID off by one related to the maximum configured value, triggering an out-of-bounds write leading to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.13, 2.0.4
  • dnsdist Debian 13 1.9.14-0+deb13u1
  • dnsdist Debian 14 2.0.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33602

  • dnsdist SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 1.9.13-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:22319-1

  • dnsdist openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.9.13-160000.1.1
  • dnsdist openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.5-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21015-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10632-1

  • dnsdist Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23 2.0.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-33602

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-33602 updated cvss 8.2

dnsdist: off-by-one access when processing crafted UDP responses

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Affected products

  • PowerDNS DNSdist

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

Sources

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