Description
Having many concurrent transfers of the same RPZ can lead to inconsistent RPZ data, use after free and/or a crash of the recursor. Normally concurrent transfers of the same RPZ zone can only occur with a malfunctioning RPZ provider.
Affected products
powerdns: recursor
References1
- docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisor… Broken LinkVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.0
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 13 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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