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CVE-2026-123596

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 67/100
Published: 2026-11-08 Modified: 2026-11-08 First seen: 2026-11-08 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: High
VI: High
VA: High

Description

Hickory DNS hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 and hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 contain a DNSSEC validation flaw in the validating recursor's NSEC handler that accepts parent-side ancestor-delegation NSEC records as proof of nonexistence for names below the zone cut. An on-path attacker, rogue parent nameserver, or attacker winning a port and TXID race can deliver one forged NXDOMAIN response built from genuinely signed parent NSEC records, causing authenticated denial of existing child-zone names cached for the negative TTL.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
hickory-dns hickory-dns 0
hickory-dns hickory-dns 0.26.0-beta.1 < 0.26.2

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

67 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.18%
Raw Score 0.001850
Percentile 8.1%
Date 2026-11-08

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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