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CVE-2026-42389

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS 3.1
Description
This fix provides extra hardening for the 5.4.x branch by doing extra validation of incoming answers from authoritative servers.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-42389
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
OX
Reserved
2026-04-27 08:53 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 13:16 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 14:58 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-20
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0 < 5.4.3
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
cna Improper Input Validation
CWE-20 adp CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.3 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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