GHSA-v96c-g4c4-84vhHighCVSS 8.8
Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.25 through 0.26.0-alpha.1 and hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.25 through 0.26.0-alpha.1 and hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 contain a DNSSEC validation flaw in the validating recursor's NSEC3 handler, which matches the closest encloser by hash alone without checking the type bitmap and so accepts parent-side ancestor-delegation NSEC3 records as proof of nonexistence. An attacker who delivers one response built from genuinely signed parent NSEC3 records can cause NXDOMAIN or NODATA to be cached with AD=1, denying resolution of existing names at and below the zone cut.
🔗 References (4)
- https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-624w-vvww-xvpw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123595
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-through-0.26.0-alpha.1-dnssec-validation-bypass-via-ancestor-delegation-nsec3
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v96c-g4c4-84vh