CVE-2020-14196
In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.
02 Description
In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-01 17:03Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 12:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a9b20938c0a5f8499226813630fd3f58623a8f7dd2d71618b735666904af53e1
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/01/1
- doc.powerdns.comhttps://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00043.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1101http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00044.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1055http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00042.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-1d812d5546https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TUNCUZNASYSTVD35QGFAI6XO2BFMQ2F/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1687http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00036.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- powerdns-recursor Fixed in 4.3.2-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 4.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 4.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pdns-recursor Fixed in 4.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- pdns-recursor No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- pdns-recursor No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- pdns-recursor No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.