CVE-2026-123571 in Hickory DNSinfo

Summary

by MITRE • 11/08/2026

Hickory DNS from 0.26.0 before 0.26.2 contains an integer underflow vulnerability in TSIG RDATA decoding that allows remote attackers to trigger a panic via malformed records. Attackers can send a crafted TSIG record in DNS wire format to cause unchecked subtraction underflow, crashing builds with overflow checks enabled and causing denial of service.

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Responsible

VulnCheck

Reservation

11/06/2026

Disclosure

11/08/2026

Moderation

accepted

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

no

Activities

very low

Sources

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