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CVE-2026-123601— Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 NSEC3 Proof of Nonexistence Forgery

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hickory-dns hickory-dns
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在 Hickory DNS 的 hickory-proto 0.25.0 至 0.26.0-alpha.1 版本，以及 hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 至 0.26.2 之前的版本中，nsec3.rs 文件里的 find_covering_record() 函数在环绕（wrap-around）分支中错误地反转了关系运算符。这导致区域哈希环中的最后一个 NSEC3 记录覆盖了除其自身所有者之外的所有哈希值。能够注入 DNS 响应的攻击者可以重放该 NSEC3 记录及其对应的 RRSIG 签名，从而

CVSS 6.5 · Medium

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-123601

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 NSEC3 Proof of Nonexistence Forgery
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.25.0 through 0.26.0-alpha.1 and hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 invert the relational operators in the wrap-around branch of find_covering_record() in nsec3.rs, so the last NSEC3 record in a zone's hash ring covers every hash except its owner. Attackers able to inject DNS responses can replay that NSEC3 record and its RRSIG to forge DNSSEC-validated negative responses denying legitimate names.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
使用操作符不正确
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
hickory-dns hickory-dns 0.26.0-beta.1 ~ 0.26.2 -
hickory-dns hickory-dns 0.25.0 ~ 0.26.0-alpha.1 -

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Other References for CVE-2026-123601 (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-2026-123596 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-2026-123574 7.5 HIGH Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 Denial of Service via Zone File Parser
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

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IV. Related Vulnerabilities

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Same vendor: hickory-dns
Same weakness: CWE-480