Back to Database
Status published
High
CVE-2024-25590
Crafted responses can lead to a denial of service due to cache inefficiencies in the Recursor
Vulnerability Description
An attacker can publish a zone containing specific Resource Record Sets. Repeatedly processing and caching results for these sets can lead to a denial of service.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2024-25590
Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Toshifumi Sakaguchi
More from PowerDNS
View All →CVE-2025-59030
Insufficient validation of incoming notifies over TCP can lead to a denial of service in Recursor
High
7.5
CVE-2025-59029
Internal logic flaw in cache management can lead to a denial of service in PowerDNS Recursor
Medium
5.3
CVE-2025-59024
Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor
Medium
6.5
CVE-2025-59023
Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor
High
8.2
CVE-2025-30195
A crafted zone can lead to an illegal memory access in the PowerDNS Recursor
High
7.5
Affected Vendor
PowerDNS
View all reports →Affected Software
Recursor
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 5.0.0, 5.1.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 3rd, 2024
Last Modified:
October 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H