What is GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492?

GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 and hickory-net before 0.26.1 contain an...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492 cover?

GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-123607. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492?

GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492HighCVSS 7.5

Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 and hickory-net before 0.26.1 contain an...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 8, 2026

Last Modified

November 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-123607 →

📋 Description

Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 and hickory-net before 0.26.1 contain an unbounded loop vulnerability in DnssecDnsHandle NSEC3 closest-encloser proof validation when the SOA owner is not an ancestor of the QNAME. Upstream attackers can return NoData or NXDomain responses with a cross-zone SOA record to panic debug builds or exhaust memory in release builds.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-3v94-mw7p-v465
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123607
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-nsec3-closest-encloser-proof-unbounded-loop-denial-of-service
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jvpj-j4xv-2492