{"id":"CVE-2023-22617","details":"A remote attacker might be able to cause infinite recursion in PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0 via a DNS query that retrieves DS records for a misconfigured domain, because QName minimization is used in QM fallback mode. This is fixed in 4.8.1.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:22.083325609Z","published":"2023-01-21T00:00:00Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:12628-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"mitre","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22617.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/changelog/4.8.html#change-4.8.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22617.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22617"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/01/20/1"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/powerdns/pdns","events":[{"introduced":"84bc8944539bb9082312c703fb19775ffabc79f9"},{"last_affected":"84bc8944539bb9082312c703fb19775ffabc79f9"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"4.8.0"},{"last_affected":"4.8.0"}],"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["4.8.0","rec-4.8.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-22617.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}