7.5

CVE-2024-25583: powerdns recursor Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesopenSUSE-SU-2024:0114-1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25583DEBIAN-CVE-2024-25583
Published 25-04-2024Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-25583 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in powerdns recursor. EPSS estimates a 0.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.83%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A crafted response from an upstream server the recursor has been configured to forward-recurse to can cause a Denial of Service in the Recursor. The default configuration of the Recursor does not use recursive forwarding and is not affected.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

57%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.83% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse2 products
  • pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 4.8.8-bp155.2.6.1
  • pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 5.0.4-1.1
Debian1 product
  • pdns-recursor< 4.9.5-1 | < 4.8.8-1
Powerdns1 product
Suse1 product
  • pdns-recursor&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5< 4.8.8-bp155.2.6.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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