What is CVE-2025-59024?

CVE-2025-59024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-59024?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor

CVE-2025-59024

Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor.

EPSS: 0.001 (2.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Powerdns Recursor — versions 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

security@open-xchange.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-59024?: CVE-2025-59024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-59024?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.