CVE-2026-42390 (GCVE-0-2026-42390)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-25 13:01
Modified
2026-06-25 14:25
CWE
  • Improper Input Validation
Summary
An invalid zone might pass ZONEMD validation while it should not. This is only relevant if ZoneToCache is configured with ZONEMD validation.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PowerDNS Recursor Version: 5.4.0   
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