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CVE-2020-14196

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-07-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.

Affected products

• PowerDNS Recursor: through 4.1.16; from 4.2.0 through 4.2.2; from 4.3.0 through 4.3.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00043.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00042.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00044.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00036.html
• https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TUNCUZNASYSTVD35QGFAI6XO2BFMQ2F/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/01/1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00043.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00042.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00044.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00036.html
• https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html

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