CVE-2026-123593
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 0.24.0 through 0.26.0-alpha.1 compare DNSKEY public keys against DNSSEC trust anchors without checking the DNSKEY record name, so an RRset made up only of trusted keys is accepted without RRSIG verification. Attackers able to spoof or control name server responses can replace a secure zone's DNSKEY RRset with the root zone's keys, and use a large TTL to keep it cached.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 02:16:53.563000
Last modified
2026-11-08 02:16:53.563000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-08T02:16:53.563",
"lastModified": "2026-11-08T02:16:53.563",
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