CVE-2026-123592

high

Description

The hickory-net crate in Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 allows DNSSEC validation bypass because Name's Hash ignores label lengths and ValidationCacheKey compares only that hash. An attacker controlling an unsigned delegation whose name differs from a signed target only in dot positions can prime an Insecure verdict, causing forged answers for the target to skip signature verification instead of returning SERVFAIL.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-0.26.0-beta.1-before-0.26.2-dnssec-validation-bypass-via-name-hash-collision

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-rx82-4p2j-j5cv

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-119351

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: 5.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00281