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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-59029

An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

Published Dec 9, 2025 · catalog updated Dec 9, 2025 · PowerDNS Recursor

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-59029. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of PowerDNS Recursor is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.37%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0 <5.3.2

An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0 <5.3.25.3.0 <5.3.2

How to fix CVE-2025-59029

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-59029. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of PowerDNS Recursor is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0 <5.3.2 5.3.0 <5.3.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.37%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 9, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

  2. Dec 9, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-59029

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-59029

    30-day exploitation probability 0.37%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-201911

    An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
  • EUVDOct 27, 2026