Today, we are releasing three new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.18, 5.0.8 and 5.1.5 versions provide fixes for the following PowerDNS Security Advisory:
- PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-13: Crafted packet using compression pointers can lead to denial of service
Please make sure to read the Upgrade Notes before upgrading.
Please refer to the Changelogs (4.9.18, 5.0.8, 5.1.5) for additional details.
The tarballs (4.9.18, 5.0.8, 5.1.5) with their signature files (4.9.18, 5.0.8, 5.1.45) are available from our download server and packages for several distributions are available from our repository.
Please send us all feedback and issues you might have via the mailing list, or in case of a bug, via GitHub.