Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-14196
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 08:16 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2020-14196
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:05.177011496Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TUNCUZNASYSTVD35QGFAI6XO2BFMQ2F/",
"https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2020-04.html",
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