๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-52688

HIGH 7.5

RRSIGs with too few labels can lead to bypass of DNSSEC wildcard validation

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

RRSIGs with too few labels can lead to bypass of DNSSEC wildcard validation

Vendor powerdns
Product recursor
Published Jul 23, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

PowerDNS / Recursor
5.2.0 < 5.2.12 5.3.0 < 5.3.9 5.4.0 < 5.4.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
docs.powerdns.com: https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-10.html

Credits

Qifan Zhang from Palo Alto Networks