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CVE-2025-59029: Internal logic flaw in cache management can lead to a denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-12-09 · updated 2026-10-07
- Weakness: CWE-617
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.
Affected products
- PowerDNS Recursor: 5.3.0, 5.3.1
References
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