# CVE-2026-33608: Incomplete domain name sanitization during

> An attacker can inject invalid configuration via notify requests, causing the PowerDNS backend to fail on restart and requiring manual intervention.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 22 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33608, GHSA-q6jm-wh7h-j4g3, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33608

## What is CVE-2026-33608?

CVE-2026-33608 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in PowerDNS Authoritative, published on 22 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An attacker can send a notify request that causes a new secondary domain to be added to the bind backend, but causes said backend to update its configuration to an invalid one, leading to the backend no longer able to run on the next restart, requiring manual operation to fix it.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33608?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Powerdns Authoritative.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-33608?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-33608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PowerDNS Authoritative

- [CVE-2020-24698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24698/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-24696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24696/): Race condition in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-5470](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5470/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2026-42001](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42001/): Insufficient Validation of Autoprimary SOA Queries (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-24697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24697/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-33608 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-33608 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in PowerDNS Authoritative, published on 22 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PowerDNS Authoritative. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33608/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33608/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33608
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33608
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33608

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33608/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.