A rogue backend can send a crafted SVCB response to a Discovery of Designated Resolvers request, when requested via either the autoUpgrade (Lua) option to newServer or auto_upgrade (YAML) settings. DDR upgrade is not enabled by default.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-04.html Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.1 · powerdnsNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:dnsdist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*