Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.3.1 before 0.26.1 CPU Exhaustion via BinEncoder Name Compression
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cve-program · CVE-2026-123608
PublishedHickory DNS hickory-proto from 0.3.1 before 0.26.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in BinEncoder that allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time name compression. Attackers can send malicious DNS messages with many records that add many candidate labels and trigger repeated linear scans during encoding, amplifying CPU exhaustion.
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- 8 Nov 2026 01:38:34 UTC
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- 12 Nov 2026 13:38:37 UTC
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- 12 Nov 2026 15:16:18 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 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
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
euvd · EUVD-2026-119367
PublishedHickory DNS hickory-proto from 0.3.1 before 0.26.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in BinEncoder that allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time name compression. Attackers can send malicious DNS messages with many records that add many candidate labels and trigger repeated linear scans during encoding, amplifying CPU exhaustion.
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datePublished: Nov 8, 2026, 1:38:34 AM
dateUpdated: Nov 12, 2026, 1:38:37 PM
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msrc_CVE-2026-123608: Hickory DNS hickory-proto 0.3.1 before 0.26.1 CPU Exhaustion via BinEncoder Name Compression
CVE-2026-123608
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- Nov 8, 2026, 1:38:34 AM (timezone not stated)
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- Nov 12, 2026, 1:38:37 PM (timezone not stated)
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- 14 Nov 2026 11:58:41 UTC
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EUVD CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 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
nvd · CVE-2026-123608
PublishedHickory DNS hickory-proto from 0.3.1 before 0.26.1 contains a denial of service vulnerability in BinEncoder that allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU through quadratic-time name compression. Attackers can send malicious DNS messages with many records that add many candidate labels and trigger repeated linear scans during encoding, amplifying CPU exhaustion.
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Source analysis status: Deferred
Weakness classifications: CWE-407
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published: 2026-11-08T02:16:55.927
lastModified: 2026-11-12T14:17:26.630
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- 8 Nov 2026 02:16:55 UTC
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- 12 Nov 2026 14:17:26 UTC
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- 14 Nov 2026 12:57:57 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · [email protected] · Secondary · 8.7 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv · GHSA-q2qq-hmj6-3wpp
PublishedDuring message encoding, `hickory-proto`'s `BinEncoder` stores pointers to labels that are candidates for name compression in a `Vec<(usize, Vec<u8>)>`. The name compression logic then searches for matches with a linear scan. A malicious message with many records can both introduce many candidate labels, and invoke this linear scan many times. This can amplify CPU exhaustion in DoS attacks. This is similar to [CVE-2024-8508](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt). ### Reporter Qifan Zhang, Palo Alto Networks
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- 7 May 2026 02:59:48 UTC
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- 8 Nov 2026 10:56:05 UTC
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- 8 Nov 2026 11:07:08 UTC
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CVSS_V4 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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osv · RUSTSEC-2026-0119
PublishedDuring message encoding, `hickory-proto`'s `BinEncoder` stores pointers to labels that are candidates for name compression in a `Vec<(usize, Vec<u8>)>`. The name compression logic then searches for matches with a linear scan. A malicious message with many records can both introduce many candidate labels, and invoke this linear scan many times. This can amplify CPU exhaustion in DoS attacks. This is similar to [CVE-2024-8508](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt). We recommend all affected users update to `hickory-proto` 0.26.1 for the fix.
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- 1 May 2026 12:00:00 UTC
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- 9 Nov 2026 09:21:20 UTC
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- 9 Nov 2026 10:04:30 UTC
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- OSV · upstream source license applies
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