Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 8, 2026
CVE-2026-123585
CVE-2026-123585
Description
The hickory-resolver component of Hickory DNS 0.25.0 before 0.26.2 follows irrelevant CNAME records when resolving recursive queries, sending queries that are unnecessary to answer the original request. Attackers controlling DNS responses can include CNAME records in the authority or additional sections, or outside the original query name's CNAME chain, causing excess resolver queries and increased query amplification.
Affected products
1- Range: <0.26.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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