Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 accept NSEC and NSEC3 records for DNSSEC nonexistence proofs when any other record with the same owner name passes signature validation. Attackers able to supply DNS responses can mix validly signed records with bogus same-name NSEC or NSEC3 records of different types in the authority section to forge nonexistence proofs.
History

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Description Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 accept NSEC and NSEC3 records for DNSSEC nonexistence proofs when any other record with the same owner name passes signature validation. Attackers able to supply DNS responses can mix validly signed records with bogus same-name NSEC or NSEC3 records of different types in the authority section to forge nonexistence proofs.
Title Hickory DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 Improper NSEC/NSEC3 Signature Validation
Weaknesses CWE-347
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-08T01:38:21.651Z

Updated: 2026-11-09T13:51:06.791Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T00:57:31.045Z

Link: CVE-2026-123590

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-08T02:16:53.097

Modified: 2026-11-09T14:17:12.300

Link: CVE-2026-123590

cve-icon Redhat

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