6.5

CVE-2026-42396: powerdns authoritative Code Injection

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-42396DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42396
Published 21-05-2026Last modified 21-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42396 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Code Injection vulnerability in powerdns authoritative. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.77%
0%100%
Low · +0.42 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

Insufficient Validation of Member Zone Data May Cause Catalog Zone Transfer to Fail

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.42 pp

From 0.35% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.77%

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) | < 4.9.15-0+deb13u1 | < 5.0.5-1
Powerdns1 product
  • authoritative≥ 4.9.0, < 4.9.15 | ≥ 4.7.0, < 4.9.15 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.5
Ubuntu1 product
  • pdnsAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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