CVE-2025-59030 | Insufficient validation of incoming notifies over TCP can lead to a denial of service in Recursor

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

Published: 2025-12-09 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-59030 is rated Moderate Risk (43.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-59030

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.49% +0.40%
2 2026-02-24 0.02% 0.08% +0.06%
3 2025-12-09 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-59030

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-59030

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-59030

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-59030: 1 source package rows (pdns-recursor); 1 state rows across 1 repos (3.22-community); fixed 1, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-59030
debian end-of-life CVE-2025-59030 end-of-life priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pdns-recursor), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-59030
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59030/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-59030 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pdns-recursor), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-59030

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-59030

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
powerdns recursor >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
powerdns recursor >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
powerdns recursor >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-59030

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