Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-3806

Title: Powerdns Recursor Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-3806.

CWE Category CWE-358
Published Date Jan 29, 2019
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.1 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-3806: An issue has been found in PowerDNS Recursor versions after 4.1.3 before 4.1.9 where Lua hooks are not properly applied to queries received over TCP in some specific combination of settings, possibly bypassing security policies enforced using Lua.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3806 https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-01.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3806 https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-01.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-3806 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.