7.5

CVE-2025-59030: powerdns recursor Incorrect Default Permissions

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-59030DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59030DSA-6077-1
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 09-12-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-59030 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in powerdns recursor. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.9% 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
0.58%
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. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-12-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.58% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.58%

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

Debian1 product
  • pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.3.3-1 | < 5.2.7-0+deb13u1
Powerdns1 product
  • recursor≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.9 | ≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.7 | ≥ 5.3.0, < 5.3.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links