Vulnerability · Published Feb 9, 2026 · Assigned by OX
CVE-2025-59024Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Recursor from PowerDNS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 95.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.22 | pdns-recursor | 5.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | pdns-recursor | 5.3.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | pdns-recursor | 5.3.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Debian:12 | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Debian:13 | pdns-recursor | 5.2.6-0+deb13u1 | DSA-6045-1 |
| Debian:13 | pdns-recursor | 5.2.6-0+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Debian:14 | pdns-recursor | 5.3.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59024 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | pdns-recursor | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59024 |