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CVE-2026-40210 (GCVE-0-2026-40210)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 12:23 – Updated: 2026-06-25 13:49
VLAI
Title
Out-of-bounds read in SetMacAddrAction
Summary
An out-of-bounds read might happen when SetMacAddrAction is used, potentially resulting in uninitialized memory being sent over the network or a crash.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-25 13:49 UTC
CWE
  • Buffer Over-read
  • CWE-126 - Buffer Over-read
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PowerDNS DNSdist Affected: 1.9.0 , < 1.9.15 (semver)
Affected: 2.0.0 , < 2.0.7 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-06-24 22:00
Credits
Qifan Zhang (Palo Alto Networks)
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