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CVE-2026-123594 Details

Description

Hickory DNS hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 and hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 contain an NSEC validation flaw that returns a secure proof for NXDOMAIN responses when the covering NSEC's Next Domain Name is a strict descendant of the query name, which actually proves the name exists as an empty non-terminal. On-path attackers can flip the unsigned rcode of a genuine signed NODATA response from NOERROR to NXDOMAIN, causing validators to accept forged nonexistence of the name.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.8 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-86vr-jm6c-7cpg	[email protected]
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-through-0.26.0-alpha.1-dnssec-nsec-validation-bypass-for-empty-non-terminals	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-345	Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity	[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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