CVE-2025-59023 Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor
High 8.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59023 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-59023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, published on 9 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59023 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Powerdns Recursor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59023/index.md)
Attackers can poison cached delegations in PowerDNS Recursor using crafted delegations or IP fragments, affecting DNS resolution integrity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-59023?
CVE-2025-59023 is a high-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, published on 9 Feb 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Crafted delegations or IP fragments can poison cached delegations in Recursor.
Weakness: CWE-294
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59023?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Powerdns Recursor.
How do I fix CVE-2025-59023?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-59023 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59023 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Powerdns Recursor
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-59023, GHSA-jgvp-6mmr-4mrw, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-59023.