CVE-2026-123590
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 02:16:53.097000
Last modified
2026-11-08 02:16:53.097000
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"id": "CVE-2026-123590",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-08T02:16:53.097",
"lastModified": "2026-11-08T02:16:53.097",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"source": "[email protected]"
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