CVE-2026-123587

high

Description

The DNSSEC validation in the Hickory DNS hickory-net crate 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 identifies wraparound NSEC records by comparing the next domain name to an SOA record in the response, accepting that SOA even if it fails validation. Attackers who can supply DNS responses can combine a genuine NSEC record and its RRSIG with a crafted SOA record to forge nonexistence of any RRset.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-0.26.0-before-0.26.2-dnssec-nonexistence-forgery-via-wraparound-nsec

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-qw83-5pm2-ggp5

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-119346

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-08

Updated: 2026-11-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00238