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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-10851 · published 29 November 2018

CVE-2018-10851: Powerdns authoritative uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Powerdns · Authoritative

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 6.0% · top 6.9% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumptionCWE-772 · CWE-772
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html Vendor Advisory
https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-10851), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.