CVE-2026-123606
Hickory-DNS Recursor 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 Glueless-NS Referral Amplification
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The hickory-dns recursor in hickory-recursor 0.25.0-alpha.3 through 0.25.2 and hickory-resolver 0.26.0-alpha.1 before 0.26.2 iterates every out-of-bailiwick NS target lacking glue in a referral without any per-query work budget. Remote attackers can serve such referrals to force A and AAAA lookups per target, amplifying traffic against remote servers or exhausting recursor resources.
| CWE | CWE-400 |
| Vendor | hickory-dns |
| Product | hickory-dns |
| Published | Nov 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
hickory-dns / hickory-dns
0.25.0-alpha.3 ≤ 0.25.2
hickory-dns / hickory-dns
0.26.0-alpha.1 < 0.26.2
References
Credits
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