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CVE-2022-40188
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-09-23T16:15:11.673 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:01:04.503

Summary

Knot Resolver before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of algorithmic complexity. During an attack, an authoritative server must return large NS sets or address sets.

Affected products

nic — knot_resolver

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References

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