Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting pdns-recursor package, versions [,5.1.9)[5.2.0-alpha0,5.2.7)[5.3.0-alpha0,5.3.3)
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- published9 Dec 2025
- disclosed9 Dec 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 9 Dec 2025
CVE-2025-59030 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade pdns-recursor to version 5.1.9, 5.2.7, 5.3.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Default Permissions via insufficient validation of incoming NOTIFY queries over TCP. An attacker can cause the removal of cached records by sending specially crafted NOTIFY queries over a TCP connection.