{"id":"CVE-2017-15091","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15091","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:49.516Z","title":"An issue has been found in the API component of PowerDNS Authoritative 4.x up to and including 4.0.4 and 3.x up to and including 3.4.11, where some operations that have an impact on the state of the server are still allowed even though the API has been…","description":"An issue has been found in the API component of PowerDNS Authoritative 4.x up to and including 4.0.4 and 3.x up to and including 3.4.11, where some operations that have an impact on the state of the server are still allowed even though the API has been configured as read-only via the api-readonly keyword. This missing check allows an attacker with valid API credentials to flush the cache, trigger a zone transfer or send a NOTIFY.","published":"2018-01-23T15:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-863","CWE-358"],"affected":["powerdns/authoritative"],"epss":{"score":0.01242,"percentile":0.69036,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-04.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-04.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15091","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}