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CVE-2025-59023
PUBLISHED
Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor
Assigner:
OX
Reserved:
08.09.2025
Published:
09.02.2026
Updated:
09.02.2026
Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score:
8.2
CVSS score
8.2
Attack Vector
Network
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality Impact
None
Privileges Required
None
Integrity Impact
High
User Interaction
None
Availability Impact
Low
CVSS 3.1
Product Status
Vendor
PowerDNS
Product
Recursor
Versions
Default:
unaffected
affected from 5.3.0 to 5.3.1 (excl.)
affected from 5.2.0 to 5.2.6 (excl.)
affected from 5.1.0 to 5.1.8 (excl.)
Credits
Yuxiao Wu from Tsinghua University
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Yunyi Zhang from Tsinghua University
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Baojun Liu from Tsinghua University
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Haixin Duan from Tsinghua University
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Shiming Liu from Network and Information Security Lab, Tsinghua University
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References
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-06.html
Problem Types
Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
CWE