CVE-2025-59030 — Incorrect Default Permissions in Recursor

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.58%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Powerdns Recursor
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

An attacker can trigger the removal of cached records by sending a NOTIFY query over TCP.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5powerdns/recursor5.3.0 — 5.3.3+2
▶NVDpowerdns/recursor5.1.0 — 5.1.9+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2025-59030: An attacker can trigger the removal of cached records by sending a NOTIFY query over TCP↗2025-12-09
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GHSA
GHSA-646x-553g-6v9h: An attacker can trigger the removal of cached records by sending a NOTIFY query over TCP↗2025-12-09
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CVEList
Insufficient validation of incoming notifies over TCP can lead to a denial of service in Recursor↗2025-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2025-59030: pdns-recursor - An attacker can trigger the removal of cached records by sending a NOTIFY query ...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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Wiz
CVE-2025-59030 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2025-59030 pdns-recursor: Insufficient validation of incoming notifies over TCP can lead to a denial of service [fedora-43]↗2025-12-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2025-59030 pdns-recursor: Insufficient validation of incoming notifies over TCP can lead to a denial of service [fedora-42]↗2025-12-09
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CVE-2025-59030 — Incorrect Default Permissions | cvebase