Goal Reached Thanks to every supporter — we hit 100%!

Goal: 1000 CNY · Raised: 1359 CNY

100%
Buy Us a Coffee

CVE-2026-123581— Hickory DNS through 0.26.0-alpha.1 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Unrelated RRset

Quick assessment

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 的 组件（0.26.0-alpha.1 及更早版本）以及 组件（0.26.0-beta.1 至 0.26.2 之前的版本）存在一项 DNSSEC 验证缺陷：只要响应部分中包含任意有效的资源记录集（RRset），该缺陷就会将响应视为肯定应答，而不会验证该 RRset 是否与查询内容相关。攻击者可利用此缺陷，提供已签名但无关的 RRset，使得本应返回“无数据”（no-data）的响应被错误地验证为肯定应答。

CVSS 5.3 · Medium

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application
Get alerts for future matching vulnerabilities Log in to subscribe

I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-123581

Vulnerability Information
Have questions about the vulnerability? See if Shenlong's analysis helps!
View Shenlong Deep Dive ↗

Although we use advanced large model technology, its output may still contain inaccurate or outdated information.Shenlong tries to ensure data accuracy, but please verify and judge based on the actual situation.

Vulnerability Title
Hickory DNS through 0.26.0-alpha.1 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Unrelated RRset
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Hickory DNS hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 and hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 contain a DNSSEC validation flaw that accepts a response as a positive answer when any valid RRset appears in the answer section, without checking that the RRset is responsive to the query. Attackers can supply signed but unrelated RRsets so that responses lacking matching records are validated as positive answers instead of as no-data responses.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
对数据真实性的验证不充分
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
hickory-dns hickory-dns 0 ~ 0.26.0-alpha.1 -
hickory-dns hickory-dns 0.26.0-beta.1 ~ 0.26.2 -

II. Public POCs for CVE-2026-123581

# POC Description Source Link Shenlong Link
AI-Generated POC Premium

No public POC found.

Login to generate AI POC

III. Intelligence Information for CVE-2026-123581

请登录查看更多情报信息。

Other References for CVE-2026-123581 (2)

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-2026-123605 8.8 HIGH Hickory DNS through 0.25.0-alpha.3 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via RRSIG Signer's Name
CVE-2026-123596 8.8 HIGH Hickory DNS through 0.26.0-alpha.1 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Ancestor-Delegation NSEC
CVE-2026-123570 7.5 HIGH Hickory DNS from 0.18 before 0.26.2 Memory Amplification DoS via RR Counts
CVE-2026-123580 7.5 HIGH Hickory-DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Nonexistence Proof Forgery via NSEC3
CVE-2026-123571 7.5 HIGH Hickory DNS from 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 Panic via TSIG RDATA Decoding
CVE-2026-123572 7.5 HIGH Hickory-dns 0.20.1 before 0.26.2 Panic DoS via SVCB/HTTPS Zone Parser
CVE-2026-123588 7.5 HIGH Hickory DNS Recursive Resolver Denial of Service via Cached Empty Connection Pool
CVE-2026-123575 7.5 HIGH Hickory DNS before 0.26.2 DoH Memory Exhaustion via Incomplete Request Bodies
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-2026-123604 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-2026-123607 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

Showing top 20 of 39 CVEs. View all on vendor page → →

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: hickory-dns
Same vendor: hickory-dns
Same weakness: CWE-345