---
title: "PowerDNS pdns-recursor vulnerabilities and CVEs"
url: https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/pdns-recursor
type: product
description: "PowerDNS pdns-recursor has 5 published CVEs, 0 in CISA KEV and 0 with public exploits."
updated: 2019-01-29
source: RadicalNotion.AI
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
---

# PowerDNS pdns-recursor vulnerabilities

Vendor: [PowerDNS](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns)

- **Published CVEs:** 5
- **In CISA KEV:** 0
- **With a public exploit:** 0
- **With a patch:** 5
- **Average CVSS:** 8.1
- **First CVE:** 2018-07-27
- **Latest CVE:** 2019-01-29

## Severity breakdown

| Severity | CVEs |
| --- | --- |
| Critical | 1 |
| High | 4 |
| Medium | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unscored | 0 |

## Most common weakness types

| CWE | Name | CVEs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [CWE-400](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-400) | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption | 2 |
| [CWE-345](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-345) | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity | 1 |
| [CWE-358](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-358) | Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard | 1 |
| [CWE-476](https://radicalnotion.ai/cwe/cwe-476) | NULL Pointer Dereference | 1 |

## CVEs by year

| Year | CVEs published |
| --- | --- |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 |

## Affected versions

| Version | Kind | CVEs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| \>= 4.0.0 to 4.1.4 inclusive | range | 1 |
| \>= 4.0.8 | range | 1 |
| \>= versions 4.1.x before 4.1.9 | range | 1 |
| \>= versions after 4.1.3 before 4.1.9 | range | 1 |

## CVEs

| CVE | Title | Severity | CVSS | CISA KEV | Public exploit | Patch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CVE-2019-3807 | - | critical | 9.8 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2019-3806 | - | high | 8.1 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2018-14626 | - | high | 7.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2018-10851 | - | high | 7.5 | No | No | Yes |
| CVE-2017-15120 | - | high | 7.5 | No | No | Yes |

## Frequently asked questions

### How many CVEs does PowerDNS pdns-recursor have?

PowerDNS pdns-recursor has 5 published CVE records since 2018.

### How many PowerDNS pdns-recursor CVEs are in CISA KEV?

None of PowerDNS pdns-recursor's CVEs are currently listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

### Are there public exploits for PowerDNS pdns-recursor vulnerabilities?

No PowerDNS pdns-recursor CVEs currently have a tracked public exploit in this dataset.

### Which versions of PowerDNS pdns-recursor are affected?

4 distinct PowerDNS pdns-recursor versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.

### What are the most common weakness types in PowerDNS pdns-recursor CVEs?

PowerDNS pdns-recursor's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), CWE-345 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity), CWE-358 (Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard), CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference).

### How many critical PowerDNS pdns-recursor vulnerabilities are there?

PowerDNS pdns-recursor has 1 critical and 4 high-severity CVEs.

### What is the average severity of PowerDNS pdns-recursor CVEs?

The average CVSS base score across PowerDNS pdns-recursor's scored CVEs is 8.1.

## Other products from this vendor

- [pdns](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/pdns) (110 CVEs)
- [Recursor](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/recursor) (64 CVEs)
- [Authoritative](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/authoritative) (32 CVEs)
- [DNSdist](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/dnsdist) (31 CVEs)
- [PowerDNS](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/powerdns) (9 CVEs)
- [authoritative server](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/authoritative-server) (7 CVEs)
- [PowerDNS Recursor](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/powerdns-recursor) (5 CVEs)
- [PowerDNS Authoritative](https://radicalnotion.ai/vendor/powerdns/powerdns-authoritative) (1 CVEs)

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