SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-59030

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

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.58%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.58% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-276
Affected
powerdns/recursor
Source
security@open-xchange.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.