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CVE-2026-40012

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
ECS zero scoped answers are stored in the packet cache while they should not. This impacts only configurations that have ECS enabled;

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-40012
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Reserved
2026-04-08 09:59 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 12:58 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 14:41 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-524
CWE-524 Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
Vendor / Product
PowerDNS / Recursor
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.3 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0 < 5.2.11, 5.3.0 < 5.3.8, 5.4.0 < 5.4.3
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
CWE-524 adp CWE-524 Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.3 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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