CVE-2026-123578 PUBLISHED

Hickory DNS 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 Response Validation Bypass via QDCOUNT=0

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 06.11.2026 Published: 08.11.2026 Updated: 08.11.2026

Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto 0.25.0 through 0.25.2 skip the check that a UDP response's question section matches the query when the response has an empty question section (QDCOUNT=0), and also skip the case-randomization check. Remote attackers able to inject spoofed UDP responses can send QDCOUNT=0 responses to bypass these checks, weakening defenses against DNS spoofing.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor hickory-dns
Product hickory-dns
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.26.0 to 0.26.2 (excl.)
  • Version 0.26.2 is unaffected
Vendor hickory-dns
Product hickory-dns
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.25.0 to 0.25.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • qifan-sailboat reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE