4.8

CVE-2026-41999: powerdns authoritative Improper Access Control

CVSS: 4.8v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-41999DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41999
Published 21-05-2026Last modified 21-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-41999 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in powerdns authoritative. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Incorrect Behaviour of Views with TCP PROXY Requests

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.14% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

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
  • pdnsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.0.5-1
Powerdns1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdnsAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links