CVE-2023-26437

LOWNVD 3.45.3▲

3.4

Denial of service vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor allows authoritative servers to be marked unavailable.This issue affects Recursor: through 4.6.5, through 4.7.4 , through 4.8.3.

CVSS v3: 3.4
EG Score: 5.3(medium)
EPSS: 1.4%
KEV: Not listed

Published

April 4, 2023

Last Modified

February 13, 2025

References (6)

security@open-xchangehttps://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2023-02.html
security@open-xchangehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CN7VMRYKZHG2UDUAK326LXD3JY7NO3LR/
security@open-xchangehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHPD6SIQOG7245GXFQHPUEI4AZ6Y3KD6/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2023-02.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CN7VMRYKZHG2UDUAK326LXD3JY7NO3LR/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHPD6SIQOG7245GXFQHPUEI4AZ6Y3KD6/

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (Denial of Service)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-25 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-25 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-26437?

CVE-2023-26437 is a low vulnerability published on April 4, 2023. Denial of service vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor allows authoritative servers to be marked unavailable.This issue affects Recursor: through 4.6.5, through 4.7.4 , through 4.8.3.

When was CVE-2023-26437 disclosed?

CVE-2023-26437 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 4, 2023, with the most recent update on February 13, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-26437 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-26437 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-26437?

CVE-2023-26437 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 5.3.

How do I remediate CVE-2023-26437?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-26437, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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