# Hickory DNS's Record Cache Accepts AUTHORITY-Section NS from Sibling Zone via Parent-Pool Zone-Context Elevation

Advisory record · `GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq` · `CVE-2026-42254`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.0 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-345](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/345.html) · [CWE-706](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/706.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-345](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-345.md) · [CWE-706](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-706.md)
- **Published:** 30 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 30 Apr 2026, 18:10 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `hickory-recursor` (crates.io): affected `>=0.24.0, <0.26.0 || =0.1`; fixed in `0.26.0`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 4.0 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`, from CNA (mitre)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq)
- [OSV: GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq)
- <https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns/security/advisories/GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq>
- <https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-83hf-93m4-rgwq>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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