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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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.

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CVE-2019-3806
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1 Nov 2026, 06:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-3806

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jan 2019, 17:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-3806
Complete source record
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  "id": "39f9034a22a967cead6a496866da3f8a6b60f49eab8f50b84477b6d1c46fe082",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3806",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-3806",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-3806",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-3806",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-3806"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/powerdns/pdns",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0a98a51fb1fbf90922f2edf7e47f3a9a050e2ddf"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "924b641ce41fddda352d6982b77394671deeef94"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.1.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.1.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "rec-4.1.8",
            "rec-4.1.7",
            "rec-4.1.6",
            "rec-4.1.5",
            "rec-4.1.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-3806.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.348630438Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2019-01.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3806"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2019-3806",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433946,
  "published_at": "2019-01-29T17:29:00.287+00:00"
}