CVE-2025-59029

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

5.3

An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

CVSS v3: 5.3
EG Score: 5.3(medium)
EPSS: 1.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

December 9, 2025

Last Modified

February 19, 2026

References (1)

security@open-xchangehttps://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2025-07.html

Weakness Classification(1)

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

CWE-617

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× 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.

2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-29 18:09 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-29 18:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-59029?

CVE-2025-59029 is a medium vulnerability published on December 9, 2025. An attacker can trigger an assertion failure by requesting crafted DNS records, waiting for them to be inserted into the records cache, then send a query with qtype set to ANY.

When was CVE-2025-59029 disclosed?

CVE-2025-59029 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 9, 2025, with the most recent update on February 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-59029 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-59029 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-59029?

CVE-2025-59029 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-59029?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-59029, 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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