CVE-2023-22617

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Published Jan 21, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 7.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-26753	A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 7.5% (7.521% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1
https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/

History

Apr 3, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Powerdns Recursor

Weaknesses

CWE-674

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 3, 2025, 2:38 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 21, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 3, 2025, 2:38 PM
Reserved: Jan 4, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:13 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 10:13 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:35 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 21, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:35 AM

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