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CVE-2025-59029Patch(powerdns / recursor)

LOWCVSS 5.3 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch powerdns recursor systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-617

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • recursor

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
powerdns
Products
recursor

2 versions affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-13: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-04-13: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-13: 104-13
Signal classification1 categories
Patch
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • ThreatCluster@threatcluster
    Patch

    BREAKING: Fedora releases PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.8-1 update fixing CVE-2025-59030 and CVE-2025-59029 denial of service flaws in non-authoritative DNS servers. https://threatcluster.io/cluster/critical-powerdns-recursor-vulnerabilities-lead-to-denial-of-562b5c78

    Post summary

    Fedora has released an update to PowerDNS Recursor that fixes two denial‑of‑service vulnerabilities, CVE‑2025‑59029 and CVE‑2025‑59030.

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CPE platform detail2 entries

2 of 2 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Apppowerdnsrecursor5.3.0--
Apppowerdnsrecursor5.3.1--

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