PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-10 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues
Otto Moerbeek via Pdns-users <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:52:47 +0200 (CEST)
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Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.12, 5.3.9 and 5.4.4.
These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory
* 2026-10 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues
There are two CVEs associated with this advisory, one with severity
High and one with severity Low.
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* CVE-2026-52688: RRSIGs with too few labels can lead to bypass of
DNSSEC wildcard validation
* CVE-2026-62686: Wildcard CNAME proof validation bypass
Please refer to the changelogs ([1]5.2.12, [2]5.3.9 and [3]5.4.4) and
the full [4]security advisory for additional details.
Please send us all feedback and issues you might have via
the [5]mailing list, or in case of a bug, via [6]GitHub.
The tarballs ([7]5.2.12, [8]5.3.9, [9]5.4.4) (with signature files
[10]5.2.12, [11]5.3.9, [12]5.4.4) are available from our
download [13]server and packages for several distributions are
available from our [14]repository.
Recently we made changes to our Open Source End of Life policy. Older
release trains are now supported for one year after the following major
release. Consult the EOL [15]policy for more details.
We are grateful to the PowerDNS community for the reporting of bugs,
issues, feature requests, and especially to the submitters of fixes and
implementations of features.
References
1. https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/5.2.html#change-5.2.12
2. https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/5.3.html#change-5.3.9
3. https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/5.4.html#change-5.4.4
4. https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2026-10.html
5. https://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users
6. https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/issues/new/choose
7. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-5.2.12.tar.bz2
8. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-5.3.9.tar.xz
9. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-5.4.4.tar.xz
10. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-5.2.12.tar.bz2.sig
11. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-5.3.9.tar.xz.sig
12. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-recursor-5.4.4.tar.xz.sig
13. https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
14. https://repo.powerdns.com/
15. https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/appendices/EOL.html
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