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CVE-2026-123575— Hickory DNS before 0.26.2 DoH Memory Exhaustion via Incomplete Request Bodies

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Affected

hickory-dns hickory-dns

Exploitation

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

Recommended action

Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Hickory DNS 在 0.26.2 版本之前存在资源耗尽漏洞：其 DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) 的 HTTP/2 服务器缺乏针对不完整请求体的足够超时或限制机制。远程攻击者可建立 DoH 连接，发送不完整的请求体，并维持连接处于打开状态，从而耗尽服务器内存。

CVSS 7.5 · High Updated Nov 08, 2026

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499.003 · Application Exhaustion Flood

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Vulnerability Title

Hickory DNS before 0.26.2 DoH Memory Exhaustion via Incomplete Request Bodies

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Description

Hickory DNS before 0.26.2 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in its DNS-over-HTTPS HTTP/2 server that lacks sufficient timeouts or limits for incomplete request bodies. Remote attackers can open DoH connections, send incomplete request bodies, and hold connections open to exhaust server memory.

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

不加限制或调节的资源分配

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected Versions	CPE	Subscribe
hickory-dns	hickory-dns	0 ~ 0.26.2	-

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Other References for CVE-2026-123575 (2)

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-g5xf-qv55-wv37 vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-before-0.26.2-doh-memory-exhaustion-via-incomplete-request-bodies third-party-advisory

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123575

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-2026-123604	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 Resource Exhaustion DoS via NameServerPool::try_se
CVE-2026-123571	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS from 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 Panic via TSIG RDATA Decoding
CVE-2026-123580	7.5 HIGH	Hickory-DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Nonexistence Proof Forgery via NSEC3
CVE-2026-123588	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS Recursive Resolver Denial of Service via Cached Empty Connection Pool
CVE-2026-123572	7.5 HIGH	Hickory-dns 0.20.1 before 0.26.2 Panic DoS via SVCB/HTTPS Zone Parser
CVE-2026-123574	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 Denial of Service via Zone File Parser
CVE-2026-123577	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 DoH Unbounded Request Body Denial of Service
CVE-2026-123570	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS from 0.18 before 0.26.2 Memory Amplification DoS via RR Counts
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-2026-123607	7.5 HIGH	Hickory DNS NSEC3 Closest-Encloser Proof Unbounded Loop Denial of Service
CVE-2026-123606	7.5 HIGH	Hickory-DNS Recursor 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 Glueless-NS Referral Amplification
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-2026-123601	6.5 MEDIUM	Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 NSEC3 Proof of Nonexistence Forgery
CVE-2026-123603	6.5 MEDIUM	Hickory DNS Missing IPv4-Mapped IPv6 Canonicalization Access Control Bypass

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