PowerDNS-Admin through 2026.08.1 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated User-role accounts to refresh secondary zones they cannot access by supplying a different 'domain' field in the JSON body. Attackers authorized for any one zone can force axfr-retrieve transfers of other users' secondary zones and infer zone existence from differing responses.
History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Powerdns-admin
Powerdns-admin powerdns-admin
Vendors & Products Powerdns-admin
Powerdns-admin powerdns-admin

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description PowerDNS-Admin through 2026.08.1 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated User-role accounts to refresh secondary zones they cannot access by supplying a different 'domain' field in the JSON body. Attackers authorized for any one zone can force axfr-retrieve transfers of other users' secondary zones and infer zone existence from differing responses.
Title PowerDNS-Admin through 2026.08.1 Authorization Bypass via /domain/<domain_name>/update
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-30T14:16:19.832Z

Updated: 2026-10-30T16:15:55.020Z

Reserved: 2026-10-30T13:43:48.291Z

Link: CVE-2026-119658

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T16:15:49.550Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-30T15:16:49.873

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:23:25.493

Link: CVE-2026-119658

cve-icon Redhat

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