CVE-2026-42390 (GCVE-0-2026-42390)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 13:01 – Updated: 2026-06-25 14:25
VLAI
Title
ZONEMD validation can be bypassed
Summary
An invalid zone might pass ZONEMD validation while it should not. This is only relevant if ZoneToCache is configured with ZONEMD validation.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
OX
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PowerDNS Recursor Affected: 5.4.0 , < 5.4.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-06-24 22:00
Credits
Vitaly Simonovich
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