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CVE-2026-123574— Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 Denial of Service via Zone File Parser

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hickory-dns hickory-dns

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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure

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在 Hickory DNS 0.24.0 至 0.26.2 版本之前， crate 中的区域文件解析器会在区域文件中的单个令牌长度达到或超过 4096 字节时发生恐慌（panic）。若攻击者能够向使用该解析器的应用程序提供不可信的区域文件，即可触发此恐慌，从而导致拒绝服务（DoS）攻击。

CVSS 7.5 · High Updated Nov 08, 2026

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service

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Vulnerability Title

Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 Denial of Service via Zone File Parser

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Description

The zone file parser in the hickory-proto crate of Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 panics when a single token in a zone file is 4096 bytes or longer. Attackers who can supply untrusted zone files to an application using the parser can trigger the panic to cause a denial of service.

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

CVSS Information

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Type

输入验证不恰当

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected Versions	CPE	Subscribe
hickory-dns	hickory-dns	0.24.0 ~ 0.26.2	-

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Other References for CVE-2026-123574 (2)

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-4rph-pmrw-mwpw vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-0.24.0-before-0.26.2-denial-of-service-via-zone-file-parser third-party-advisory

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123574

Same Patch Batch · hickory-dns · 2026-11-08 · 39 CVEs total

CVE-2026-123595	8.8 HIGH	Hickory DNS through 0.26.0-alpha.1 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Ancestor-Delegation NSEC3
CVE-2026-123596	8.8 HIGH	Hickory DNS through 0.26.0-alpha.1 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Ancestor-Delegation NSEC
CVE-2026-123605	8.8 HIGH	Hickory DNS through 0.25.0-alpha.3 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via RRSIG Signer's Name
CVE-2026-123570	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS from 0.18 before 0.26.2 Memory Amplification DoS via RR Counts
CVE-2026-123572	7.5 HIGH	Hickory-dns 0.20.1 before 0.26.2 Panic DoS via SVCB/HTTPS Zone Parser
CVE-2026-123575	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS before 0.26.2 DoH Memory Exhaustion via Incomplete Request Bodies
CVE-2026-123571	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS from 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 Panic via TSIG RDATA Decoding
CVE-2026-123577	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 DoH Unbounded Request Body Denial of Service
CVE-2026-123588	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS Recursive Resolver Denial of Service via Cached Empty Connection Pool
CVE-2026-123604	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 Resource Exhaustion DoS via NameServerPool::try_se
CVE-2026-123576	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.24.0 through 0.26.1 Memory Exhaustion via DNS-over-QUIC Requests
CVE-2026-123573	7.5 HIGH	hickory-dns from 0.20.1 before 0.26.2 Panic in SVCB/HTTPS Zone File Parser
CVE-2026-123606	7.5 HIGH	Hickory-DNS Recursor 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 Glueless-NS Referral Amplification
CVE-2026-123607	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS NSEC3 Closest-Encloser Proof Unbounded Loop Denial of Service
CVE-2026-123580	7.5 HIGH	Hickory-DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Nonexistence Proof Forgery via NSEC3
CVE-2026-123608	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.3.1 before 0.26.1 CPU Exhaustion via BinEncoder Name Compressi
CVE-2026-123586	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 Query Amplification via Cyclic Referrals
CVE-2026-123587	6.8 MEDIUM	Hickory-DNS 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Nonexistence Forgery via Wraparound NSEC
CVE-2026-123603	6.5 MEDIUM	Hickory DNS Missing IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Canonicalization Access Control Bypass
CVE-2026-123601	6.5 MEDIUM	Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 NSEC3 Proof of Nonexistence Forgery

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