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high·Network Vulnerabilities·Updated Jan 10, 2026

PowerDNS Authoritative Server - Denial of Service

Est. Time~10 seconds
Scan TypeGroup Scan
Targetsdomain, subdomain, ipv4
CostFree
2.4k
Times Used
continuous scan runs
0
Continuously Checked
assets under CS
0
Vulnerabilities Found
confirmed findings
References
CVECVE-2021-36754
7.5
CVSS

PowerDNS Authoritative Server 4.5.0 before 4.5.1 allows anybody to crash the process by sending a specific query (QTYPE 65535) that causes an out-of-bounds exception.

Attack Vector
-
Privileges Req.
-
User Interaction
-
Affected
n/aby n/a
n/a
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