Answer in brief
CVE-2026-123580 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in Hickory-DNS 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 DNSSEC Nonexistence Proof Forgery via NSEC3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps hickory-dns/hickory-dns (generic), 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), hickory-dns/hickory-dns (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| hickory-dns/hickory-dnsgeneric | >=0.26.0-beta.1 <0.26.2 | 0.26.2 |
| hickory-dns/hickory-dnsgeneric | >=0 <=0.26.0-alpha.1 | Not reported |
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
Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0-beta.1 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto through 0.26.0-alpha.1 perform insufficient checks on NSEC3 record names during DNSSEC verification, comparing only the hashed label without confirming the record belongs to the correct zone. Attackers can supply NSEC3 records from another zone with a matching hash label to forge DNSSEC nonexistence proofs.
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