๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-52690

MEDIUM 5.9

Spoofed answers can mark an authoritative non-EDNS capable

CVSS Score
5.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Spoofing replies to Recursor might mark an IP of an authoritative server as not supporting EDNS, causing valdiation of DNSSEC records served by that server to fail.

Vendor powerdns
Product recursor
Published Jun 25, 2026
Last Updated Jun 25, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

PowerDNS / Recursor
5.2.0 < 5.2.11 5.3.0 < 5.3.8 5.4.0 < 5.4.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
docs.powerdns.com: https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-powerdns-2026-08.html

Credits

Mehtab Zafar