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CVE-2026-52686

Wildcard CNAME proof validation bypass

Low3.7EPSS 0.16%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
OX

Description

The issue is a DNSSEC validation bypass where wildcard expansion proofs (NSEC/NSEC3 records) are accepted without signature validation when the wildcard answer is a CNAME or DNAME record.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By OX

  2. · 45 days later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-52686, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
OXCNA (assigner)3.1Low3.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis3.1Low3.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.

Weakness

Affected products

  • PowerDNS · Recursor

    • affected 5.2.0 – < 5.2.12
    • affected 5.3.0 – < 5.3.9
    • affected 5.4.0 – < 5.4.4

References (1)

Sources

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