CVE-2025-25188

DNSSEC validation may accept broken authentication chains

MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS Score
Published: February 10, 2025 at 05:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHickory DNS

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Severity
MEDIUM5.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Hickory DNS is a Rust based DNS client, server, and resolver. A vulnerability present starting in version 0.8.0 and prior to versions 0.24.3 and 0.25.0-alpha.5 impacts Hickory DNS users relying on DNSSEC verification in the client library, stub resolver, or recursive resolver. The DNSSEC validation routines treat entire RRsets of DNSKEY records as trusted once they have established trust in only one of the DNSKEYs. As a result, if a zone includes a DNSKEY with a public key that matches a configured trust anchor, all keys in that zone will be trusted to authenticate other records in the zone. There is a second variant of this vulnerability involving DS records, where an authenticated DS record covering one DNSKEY leads to trust in signatures made by an unrelated DNSKEY in the same zone. Versions 0.24.3 and 0.25.0-alpha.5 fix the issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.24.3v < 0.25.0-alpha.5
Affected range stops below 0.24.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.25.0-alpha.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

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CVSS

5.7MEDIUMGitHub_M
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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-345

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