CVE-2023-28455

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Technitium through 11.0.2. The forwarding mode enables attackers to create a query loop using Technitium resolvers, launching amplification attacks and causing potential DoS.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-406

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a
technitium	dns_server	<= 11.0.2

References

https://gist.github.com/idealeer/89947ca07836fd0f7e9761198ca9a0f3Third Party Advisory
https://technitium.com/dns/Product

Timeline

Published: Sep 18, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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