CVE-2026-123605 PUBLISHED

Hickory DNS through 0.25.0-alpha.3 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via RRSIG Signer's Name

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

Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.1 through 0.25.0-alpha.3 and hickory-net before 0.26.2 contain a DNSSEC validation bypass because the validator verifies an RRSIG against the DNSKEY of whatever name appears in its Signer's Name field without checking that this name is the zone containing the RRset. Attackers controlling any secure zone can produce valid signatures over arbitrary records in unrelated zones, which resolvers, recursors, and clients using DnssecDnsHandle accept as authenticated.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor hickory-dns
Product hickory-dns
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0.1 to 0.25.0-alpha.3 (incl.)
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

Credits

  • qifan-sailboat reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature CWE