CVE-2026-123577

Public on 2026-11-08
Modified on 2026-11-12
Description
Hickory DNS from 0.24.0 before 0.26.2 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to consume server memory via unbounded DoH request bodies. Attackers can send large request bodies over HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 to a DNS over HTTP server, causing memory exhaustion and denial of service.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2026-123577 Mitre: CVE-2026-123577