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PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-04
Otto Moerbeek on Jul 21, 2025
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.12, 5.1.6 and 5.2.4. These releases fix PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-04: A Recursor configured to send out ECS enabled queries can be sensitive to spoofing attempts...

PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0-alpha2 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Jul 09, 2025
We are proud to announce the second alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0!

PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0-alpha1 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Jun 25, 2025
We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.3.0!

PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.10, 5.1.4 and 5.2.2 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Apr 09, 2025
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.0.10, 5.1.4 and 5.2.2. These releases are maintenance releases that fix a few bugs and have a few improvements. The most important ones are:

PowerDNS Recursor Security Advisory 2025-01
Otto Moerbeek on Apr 07, 2025
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.1. This release fixes PowerDNS Security Advisory 2025-01: A crafted zone can lead to an illegal memory access in the Recursor. This advisory is also published here.

PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Jan 14, 2025
We are proud to announce the release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0!

PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0-rc1 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Dec 13, 2024
We are proud to announce the first release candidate of PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0!

PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0-beta1 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Nov 27, 2024
We are proud to announce the first beta release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0!

PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0-alpha1 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Nov 11, 2024
We are proud to announce the first alpha release of PowerDNS Recursor 5.2.0!

PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.3 Released
Otto Moerbeek on Nov 05, 2024
Today we have released PowerDNS Recursor 5.1.3. This release is a maintenance releases that fixes a few bugs and has a few improvements. The most important ones are: