CVE-2026-123593 PUBLISHED

Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via TrustAnchors

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

Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto 0.24.0 through 0.26.0-alpha.1 compare DNSKEY public keys against DNSSEC trust anchors without checking the DNSKEY record name, so an RRset made up only of trusted keys is accepted without RRSIG verification. Attackers able to spoof or control name server responses can replace a secure zone's DNSKEY RRset with the root zone's keys, and use a large TTL to keep it cached.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/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-beta.1 to 0.26.2 (excl.)
  • Version 0.26.2 is unaffected
Vendor hickory-dns
Product hickory-dns
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.24.0 to 0.26.0-alpha.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • qifan-sailboat reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors CWE