Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-14196

Title: Powerdns Recursor Broken Access Control

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-14196.

CWE Category CWE-863
Published Date Jul 01, 2020
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.70%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-14196: In PowerDNS Recursor versions up to and including 4.3.1, 4.2.2 and 4.1.16, the ACL restricting access to the internal web server is not properly enforced.

Impacted Vendors

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powerdns 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00042.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00036.html https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TUNCUZNASYSTVD35QGFAI6XO2BFMQ2F/ https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/01/1 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00043.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00042.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00036.html https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TUNCUZNASYSTVD35QGFAI6XO2BFMQ2F/ https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/01/1
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-14196 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 LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.