CVE-2026-123570

NameCVE-2026-123570
DescriptionThe DNS wire-format message parser in hickory-proto (Hickory DNS) 0.18 before 0.26.2 preallocates record vectors sized by the untrusted ANCOUNT, NSCOUNT, and ARCOUNT header fields before reading record data. Remote attackers can send a UDP datagram, or a spoofed response to a client/resolver, with these counts set to 65535, forcing about 18MB of allocation per message.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rust-hickory-proto (PTS)trixie0.24.4-2vulnerable
forky, sid0.26.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rust-hickory-protosource(unstable)0.26.3-1

Notes

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-67wc-6jq8-ghrc

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