Hickory DNS 0.24.0 through 0.26.1 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to consume server resources by sending incomplete DNS-over-QUIC request bodies. Attackers can open many connections and send only large length prefixes, causing pre-allocated buffers to persist without timeout and exhausting server memory.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
hickory-dns hickory-dns unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0.24.0 affected ≤ 0.26.1

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-2f4m-fq7w-mrgx cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hickory-dns-0.24.0-through-0.26.1-memory-exhaustion-via-dns-over-quic-requests cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:45:00 +0000

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Description Hickory DNS 0.24.0 through 0.26.1 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to consume server resources by sending incomplete DNS-over-QUIC request bodies. Attackers can open many connections and send only large length prefixes, causing pre-allocated buffers to persist without timeout and exhausting server memory.
Title Hickory DNS 0.24.0 through 0.26.1 Memory Exhaustion via DNS-over-QUIC Requests
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-08T01:38:11.970Z

Reserved: 2026-11-06T00:55:55.660Z

Link: CVE-2026-123576

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-08T02:16:50.780

Modified: 2026-11-08T02:16:50.780

Link: CVE-2026-123576

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Updated: 2026-11-08T03:15:08Z

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