CVE-2025-30187

Denial of service via crafted DoH exchange in PowerDNS DNSdist

LOW
3.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2025 at 09:21 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:08 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAuthoritativeDNSdist

Using DNSdist by PowerDNS?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect DNSdist - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
LOW3.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In some circumstances, when DNSdist is configured to use the nghttp2 library to process incoming DNS over HTTPS queries, an attacker might be able to cause a denial of service by crafting a DoH exchange that triggers an unbounded I/O read loop, causing an unexpected consumption of CPU resources.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.112.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.11.9.02.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.9.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

3.7LOWOX
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-835

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card