CVSS 4.0
6.3 mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-123578
Medium (6.3) in hickory-dns hickory-dns. EPSS 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
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Hickory DNS hickory-net 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 and hickory-proto 0.25.0 through 0.25.2 skip the check that a UDP response's question section matches the query when the response has an empty question section (QDCOUNT=0), and also skip the case-randomization check. Remote attackers able to inject spoofed UDP responses can send QDCOUNT=0 responses to bypass these checks, weakening defenses against DNS spoofing.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
3.7 lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N- EPSS
- 0.3% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 21st percentile. Scored 2026-11-10. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial, assessed 2026-11-09. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
- OWASP Top 10
- A07:2025 Authentication Failures
- Published
- Modified
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting analysis
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Affected
Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| hickory-dns | from 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 |
| hickory-dns | from 0.25.0 through 0.25.2 |
Linux distributions
| Distribution | Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 13, 14 | rust-hickory-proto | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-123578 |
| Debian | 14 | rust-hickory-net | 0.26.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-123578 |
| Ubuntu | 24.04:LTS, 26.04:LTS | rust-hickory-proto | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123578 |
| Ubuntu | 26.10 | rust-hickory-net, rust-hickory-proto | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-123578 |
From the distributions' data via OSV.dev: the Debian Security Tracker; Ubuntu Security Notices © Canonical Ltd., CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified: reformatted and linked to CVE records. Credits. On the distributions' own pages: Debian · Ubuntu.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-21 Exploitation of Trusted Identifiers Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-60 Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-94 Adversary in the Middle (AiTM) Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-459 Creating a Rogue Certification Authority Certificate Likelihood: Medium · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-461 Web Services API Signature Forgery Leveraging Hash Function Extension Weakness Severity: High
- CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
- CAPEC-476 Signature Spoofing by Misrepresentation Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
- CAPEC-667 Bluetooth Impersonation AttackS (BIAS) Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.