CVE-2023-22617

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

7.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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:N/A:H

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.

Published

2023-01-21 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-03 14:38Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-01-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

91aaf4f6210e49921e5823d4efa4f7604ae607f1ae9ddd5a143e31db592314d7

• docs.powerdns.comhttps://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230120 Security Advisory 2023-01 for PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 (CVE-2023-22617)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1mailing-list
• docs.powerdns.comhttps://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1