The DNS protocol in RFC 1035 and updates allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by arranging for DNS queries to be accumulated for seconds such that responses are later sent in a pulsing burst (which can be considered traffic amplification in some cases) aka the "DNSBomb" issue.
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19 Feb 2026 09:48Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01743
SSVC