CVE-2025-59029

MEDIUM

PowerDNS Recursor - Crafted DNS Record Denial of Service

Title source: manual

Description

An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Various Sources

https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-07.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0032

EPSS Percentile 23.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-617

Status published

Products (2)

powerdns/recursor 5.3.0

powerdns/recursor 5.3.1

Published Dec 09, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026