What is CVE-2025-59029?

CVE-2025-59029 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-59029?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor

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.

EPSS: 0.000 (1.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Powerdns Recursor — versions 5.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-07.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-59029?: CVE-2025-59029 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-59029?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.