CVE-2018-14626

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.72% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-400US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source PowerDNS <4.0.6all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source PowerDNS <4.1.5all versionscert_bundDE
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Open Source PowerDNS< 4.0.6cert_bundDE
Open Source PowerDNS< 4.1.5cert_bundDE
The PowerDNS Project pdns≤ 4.1.0 to 4.1.4 inclusiveenisa_euvdEU
The PowerDNS Project pdns-recursor≤ 4.0.0 to 4.1.4 inclusiveenisa_euvdEU
powerdns authoritative4.1.0 → 4.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:powerdns:authoritative:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
powerdns recursor4.0.0 → 4.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0059PowerDNS: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2018-11-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PowerDNS ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-11-29modified 2026-06-17

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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