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CVE-2026-33259

Concurrent modification of RPZ data can lead to denial of servce

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.4.1, 5.3.6, 5.2.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Having many concurrent transfers of the same RPZ can lead to inconsistent RPZ data, use after free and/or a crash of the recursor. Normally concurrent transfers of the same RPZ zone can only occur with a malfunctioning RPZ provider.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • pdns-recursor

    From 5.4.0 · fixed in 5.4.1; From 5.3.0 · fixed in 5.3.6; From 5.2.0 · fixed in 5.2.9

References 1

docs.powerdns.com