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PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-04 for PowerDNS DNSdist
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.13 and 2.0.4, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are medium to high severity, and we recommend upgrading quickly...
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-03 for PowerDNS Recursor
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.9, 5.3.6 and 5.4.1. These releases provide fixes for PowerDNS Security Advisory 2026-03 for PowerDNS Recursor: Multiple issues There are several CVEs associated with t...
PowerDNS Recursor Plexus preserves Recursor performance after restarts
DNS resolvers are designed for continuous operation and typically do not require regular restarts. In real-world environments, however, restarts are sometimes unavoidable. Configuration changes, software updates ...
PowerDNS DNSdist 1.9.12 and 2.0.3 Released (Security Release)
Today we released two new versions of DNSdist, 1.9.12 and 2.0.3, fixing several security issues that have been reported to us. These security issues are low-severity or involve unusual configurations. The issues ...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.1.0-alpha1 Released
Every year during winter, we at PowerDNS benefit from our developers being snowed in and having no choice but to work on our codebase. Now that the snowdrifts are about to start thawing, we can release that labou...
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta2 Released
Today we released the second beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings a single fix since the first beta: the newly introduced Dynamic Block AllowedRCodeRatio could only be ...
PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0 Released
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.4.0!
PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0-beta1 Released
Today we released the first beta version of what will become PowerDNS DNSdist 2.1.0. This new version brings new features and improvements since the first alpha: OpenTelemetry: add flags field in TRACEPARENT EDNS...
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 5.0.3 & 4.9.13
Today, we are releasing two new versions of the PowerDNS Authoritative Server. These 4.9.13 and 5.0.3 versions only contain bugfixes.
Multi-cluster observability for cloud-native PowerDNS installations
A future-proof architecture, lower operational costs, improved scalability, and more efficient platform management through containerization, automation, orchestration, lifecycle management, monitoring, and alerti...