CVE-2026-40719

Publication date 15 April 2026

Last updated 13 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Deadwood in MaraDNS 3.5.0036 allows attackers to exhaust connection slots via a zone whose authoritative nameserver address cannot be resolved.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
maradns 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

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


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