Uncaught Exception Affecting pdns-recursor package, versions [5.2.0,5.2.11)[5.3.0,5.3.8)[5.4.0,5.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PDNSRECURSOR-17660839
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditnurmukhammyed

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-42387  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-248  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pdns-recursor to version 5.2.11, 5.3.8, 5.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncaught Exception via the ZoneToCache function. An attacker can cause a crash of the process by sending a crafted zone from a malicious authoritative server.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1