CVE-2026-123590

NameCVE-2026-123590
DescriptionHickory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

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

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

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

Notes

https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-57pw-897j-v4j6

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