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Alpine Linux: CVE-2026-33260: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Added
Apr 24, 2026
Modified
Apr 24, 2026

Description

An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service. The internal web server is disabled by default.

Solutions

alpine-linux-upgrade-dnsdistalpine-linux-upgrade-pdns
Title
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