CVE-2026-24030

Unbounded memory allocation for DoQ and DoH3

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM UTC
Updated: July 25, 2026 at 10:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDNSdistAuthoritative

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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

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

1.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.122.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.31.9.02.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.9.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-789

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