High
Security advisory
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of service.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-14626
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.1.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive and PowerDNS Recursor 4.0.0 up to 4.1.4 inclusive are vulnerable to a packet cache pollution via crafted query that can lead to denial of service.
osv:CVE-2018-14626
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14626",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2018-14626",
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"severity": "high",
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"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"rec-4.1.2",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:59.094677725Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-05.html",
"https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-06.html",
"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14626"
],
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},
"related_cves": [
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 439235,
"published_at": "2018-11-29T18:29:00.477+00:00"
}