---
id: CVE-2026-24030
title: >-
  An attacker might be able to trick DNSdist into allocating too much memory
  while processing DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads, resulting in a
  denial of service
summary: >-
  An attacker might be able to trick DNSdist into allocating too much memory
  while processing DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads, resulting in a
  denial of service. In setups with a large quantity of memory available this
  usually res…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-789
vendor: powerdns
product: dnsdist
affected:
  - 'dnsdist >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.12'
  - 'dnsdist >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.3'
patched:
  - dnsdist 2.0.3
published: '2026-03-31'
updated: '2026-07-25'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24030'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.dnsdist.org/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-for-dnsdist-2026-02.html
    label: security@open-xchange.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00537
epssPercentile: 0.4274
ingestedAt: '2026-07-25T10:53:53.226Z'
---

## Overview

An attacker might be able to trick DNSdist into allocating too much memory while processing DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads, resulting in a denial of service. In setups with a large quantity of memory available this usually results in an exception and the QUIC connection is properly closed, but in some cases the system might enter an out-of-memory state instead and terminate the process.

## Affected

- `dnsdist >= 1.9.0, < 1.9.12`
- `dnsdist >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.3`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `dnsdist 2.0.3`