Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data in PowerDNS Recursor - CVE-2026-33612
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135382
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33612
CWE-ID: CWE-349
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to poison the cache.
The vulnerability exists due to acceptance of extraneous untrusted data in the ZoneToCache function when processing a crafted zone. A remote attacker can send a crafted zone to poison the cache.
Only configurations that use ZoneToCache are vulnerable.
Affected software
PowerDNS Recursor
Debian Linux
pdns-recursor (Debian package)
Debian Linux
pdns-recursor (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-33612
Install security update from vendor's website.
PowerDNS Recursor - addressed in versions 5.2.11, 5.3.8, 5.4.3
pdns-recursor (Debian package) - update to 5.2.11-0+deb13u1
pdns-recursor (Debian package) - update to 5.2.11-0+deb13u1