Answer in brief
CVE-2026-123574 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 Denial of Service via Zone File Parser. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps hickory-dns/hickory-dns (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps hickory-dns/hickory-dns (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| hickory-dns/hickory-dnsgeneric | >=0.24.0 <0.26.2 | 0.26.2 |
Published upstream
Nov 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 8, 2026
The zone file parser in the hickory-proto crate of Hickory DNS 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 panics when a single token in a zone file is 4096 bytes or longer. Attackers who can supply untrusted zone files to an application using the parser can trigger the panic to cause a denial of service.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.