What is CVE-2025-59030?

CVE-2025-59030 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-59030?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor

CVE-2025-59030

An attacker can trigger the removal of cached records by sending a NOTIFY query over TCP.

Published 2025-12-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Powerdns Recursor — versions 5.3.0, 5.2.0, 5.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-08.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-59030?: CVE-2025-59030 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-59030?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.