# hickory-proto (crates.io) vulnerabilities Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hickory-proto Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour. Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hickory-proto.json License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 7 vulnerabilities in hickory-proto (crates.io): 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, hickory-proto vulnerable to CPU exhaustion during message encoding due to…, was published on 7 May 2026. ## Counts - Last 7 days: 0 - Last 30 days: 0 - Last 90 days: 0 - All time: 7 (0 critical, 0 exploited in the wild) ## About hickory-proto (crates.io) Rust DNS protocol library providing core DNS message handling and parsing. ## Latest hickory-proto (crates.io) vulnerabilities - [hickory-proto vulnerable to CPU exhaustion during message encoding due to O(n²) name compression](https://junglewise.ai/threats/hickory-proto-vulnerable-to-cpu-exhaustion-during-message-encoding-due-a5904f49) (medium, CVSS 4, published 7 May 2026) - [hickory-proto: NSEC3 closest-encloser proof validation enters unbounded loop on cross-zone responses](https://junglewise.ai/threats/hickory-proto-nsec3-closest-encloser-proof-validation-enters-unbounded-e7dc6c28) (medium, CVSS 4, published 7 May 2026) - [RUSTSEC-2026-0119 - CPU exhaustion during message encoding due to O(n²) name compression](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2026-0119-cpu-exhaustion-during-message-encoding-due-to-o-n-817a4c82) (info, published 1 May 2026) - [RUSTSEC-2026-0118 - NSEC3 closest-encloser proof validation enters unbounded loop on cross-zone responses](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2026-0118-nsec3-closest-encloser-proof-validation-enters-1c6355b8) (info, published 1 May 2026) - [Hickory DNS failure to verify self-signed RRSIG for DNSKEYs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/hickory-dns-failure-to-verify-self-signed-rrsig-for-dnskeys-8cc3be51) (info, published 10 Feb 2025) - [CVE-2025-25188: Hickory DNS's DNSSEC validation may accept broken authentication chains](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-25188-hickory-dns-s-dnssec-validation-may-accept-broken-authentication) (medium, CVSS 4, published 10 Feb 2025) - [RUSTSEC-2025-0006 - Hickory DNS failure to verify self-signed RRSIG for DNSKEYs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2025-0006-hickory-dns-failure-to-verify-self-signed-rrsig-for-2e741307) (info, published 7 Feb 2025) ## Most severe hickory-proto (crates.io) vulnerabilities - [CVE-2025-25188: Hickory DNS's DNSSEC validation may accept broken authentication chains](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-25188-hickory-dns-s-dnssec-validation-may-accept-broken-authentication) (medium, CVSS 4, published 10 Feb 2025) - [hickory-proto vulnerable to CPU exhaustion during message encoding due to O(n²) name compression](https://junglewise.ai/threats/hickory-proto-vulnerable-to-cpu-exhaustion-during-message-encoding-due-a5904f49) (medium, CVSS 4, published 7 May 2026) - [hickory-proto: NSEC3 closest-encloser proof validation enters unbounded loop on cross-zone responses](https://junglewise.ai/threats/hickory-proto-nsec3-closest-encloser-proof-validation-enters-unbounded-e7dc6c28) (medium, CVSS 4, published 7 May 2026) - [RUSTSEC-2026-0119 - CPU exhaustion during message encoding due to O(n²) name compression](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2026-0119-cpu-exhaustion-during-message-encoding-due-to-o-n-817a4c82) (info, published 1 May 2026) - [RUSTSEC-2026-0118 - NSEC3 closest-encloser proof validation enters unbounded loop on cross-zone responses](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2026-0118-nsec3-closest-encloser-proof-validation-enters-1c6355b8) (info, published 1 May 2026) - [Hickory DNS failure to verify self-signed RRSIG for DNSKEYs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/hickory-dns-failure-to-verify-self-signed-rrsig-for-dnskeys-8cc3be51) (info, published 10 Feb 2025) - [RUSTSEC-2025-0006 - Hickory DNS failure to verify self-signed RRSIG for DNSKEYs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2025-0006-hickory-dns-failure-to-verify-self-signed-rrsig-for-2e741307) (info, published 7 Feb 2025) ## Vulnerabilities per week Nothing was published in the last eight weeks. | Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ## Other crates.io technologies - [surrealdb (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/surrealdb): 83 vulnerabilities - [wasmtime (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/wasmtime): 67 vulnerabilities - [deno (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/deno): 39 vulnerabilities - [zebrad (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/zebrad): 27 vulnerabilities - [russh (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-russh): 26 vulnerabilities - [openssl-src (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/openssl-src): 26 vulnerabilities - [openssl (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-openssl): 25 vulnerabilities - [rustfs (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/rustfs): 25 vulnerabilities - [coreutils (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-coreutils): 21 vulnerabilities - [ckb (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/ckb): 19 vulnerabilities - [apollo-router (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/apollo-router): 13 vulnerabilities - [deepseek-tui (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/deepseek-tui): 13 vulnerabilities ## Sources NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "hickory-proto (crates.io) vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hickory-proto, 9 November 2026.