{"schema_version":1,"title":"Powerdns Recursor vulnerabilities","summary":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 10 vulnerabilities in Powerdns Recursor: 0 in the last 7 days and 3 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-52688, was published on 23 July 2026.","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/recursor","json_url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/recursor.json","publisher":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence","license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/recursor","sources":"NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories","kind":"technology","counts":{"high":2,"all_time":10,"critical":0,"exploited":0,"last_7_days":0,"last_30_days":0,"last_90_days":3,"last_365_days":10},"latest":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-52688","cvss":7.5,"slug":"cve-2026-52688-powerdns-recursor-dnssec-wildcard-validation-bypass-in-rrsig","title":"PowerDNS Recursor DNSSEC wildcard validation bypass in RRSIG 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ZoneToCache","severity":"medium","exploited":false,"published_at":"2026-06-25T14:16:39.76+00:00","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42390-powerdns-recursor-improper-zonemd-validation-in-zonetocache"},{"cve":"CVE-2026-42389","cvss":5.3,"slug":"cve-2026-42389-powerdns-recursor-insufficient-validation-of-authoritative","title":"PowerDNS Recursor insufficient validation of authoritative answers","severity":"medium","exploited":false,"published_at":"2026-06-25T14:16:39.653+00:00","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-42389-powerdns-recursor-insufficient-validation-of-authoritative"},{"cve":"CVE-2026-42388","cvss":5.9,"slug":"cve-2026-42388-powerdns-recursor-denial-of-service-in-catalog-zones","title":"PowerDNS Recursor denial of service in Catalog 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