CVE-2026-42396 (GCVE-0-2026-42396)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 09:25 – Updated: 2026-05-21 12:03
VLAI
Title
Insufficient Validation of Member Zone Data May Cause Catalog Zone Transfer to Fail
Summary
Insufficient Validation of Member Zone Data May Cause Catalog Zone Transfer to Fail
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
OX
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PowerDNS Authoritative Affected: 4.9.0 , < 4.9.15 (semver)
Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.5 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-05-19 22:00
Credits
ilhamaf
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