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Security history · hickory-proto · data from Oct 24, 2026
Is hickory-proto safe to use? Its security history
VerdictNo open advisories. 4 past vulnerabilities were fixed; use 0.26.1 or newer to be clear of all of them.
4advisories on record
4vulnerabilities
0unmaintained notices
0.26.1newest fixed version
Every advisory, newest first
- VulnerabilityRUSTSEC-2026-0118 · 2026-05-01NSEC3 closest-encloser proof validation enters unbounded loop on cross-zone responses
- VulnerabilityRUSTSEC-2026-0119 · 2026-05-01CPU exhaustion during message encoding due to O(n²) name compression
- VulnerabilityGHSA-37wc-h8xc-5hc4 · 2025-02-10Hickory DNS's DNSSEC validation may accept broken authentication chains
- VulnerabilityRUSTSEC-2025-0006 · 2025-02-07Hickory DNS failure to verify self-signed RRSIG for DNSKEYs
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RustSec advisories (CC0-1.0) and GitHub-reviewed advisories via OSV's crates.io export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026.
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