CVE-2026-33599

Out-of-bounds read in service discovery

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 22, 2026 at 01:46 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDNSdistAuthoritative

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A rogue backend can send a crafted SVCB response to a Discovery of Designated Resolvers request, when requested via either the autoUpgrade (Lua) option to newServer or auto_upgrade (YAML) settings. DDR upgrade is not enabled by default.

Affected

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

1.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.132.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.41.9.02.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.9.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.4, 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 exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-125

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