CVE-2026-52690 Affecting pdns-recursor package, versions <5.4.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-PDNSRECURSOR-18372066
  • published29 Jul 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-52690  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 pdns-recursor to version 5.4.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pdns-recursor package and not the pdns-recursor package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

Spoofing replies to Recursor might mark an IP of an authoritative server as not supporting EDNS, causing valdiation of DNSSEC records served by that server to fail.