DNSSEC validation in Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 does not distinguish NODATA responses from wildcard-expanded positive responses. For a query that should return NODATA in a zone with wildcard records, an attacker can combine an NSEC3 record matching the query name with a signed wildcard record into a bogus positive response that validation accepts.
History

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First Time appeared Hickory-dns
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Vendors & Products Hickory-dns
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Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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Description DNSSEC validation in Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 does not distinguish NODATA responses from wildcard-expanded positive responses. For a query that should return NODATA in a zone with wildcard records, an attacker can combine an NSEC3 record matching the query name with a signed wildcard record into a bogus positive response that validation accepts.
Title Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Validation Bypass via Wildcard Expansion
Weaknesses CWE-358
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-08T01:38:14.066Z

Updated: 2026-11-08T01:38:14.066Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T00:55:55.660Z

Link: CVE-2026-123579

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-08T02:16:51.370

Modified: 2026-11-08T02:16:51.370

Link: CVE-2026-123579

cve-icon Redhat

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