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CVE-2026-48045

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.12, AsyncListener.handle_query_or_defer retained every truncated TC-bit incoming query, each up to _MAX_MSG_ABSOLUTE = 8966 bytes, in self._deferred[addr] and armed a per-address timer in self._timers[addr] without capping the per-address list or distinct addr keys, allowing unauthenticated hosts on the local link over UDP/5353 (224.0.0.251 / ff02::fb) to spoof sources, grow _deferred and _timers, and cause memory exhaustion and quadratic CPU burn. This issue is fixed in version 0.149.12.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-48045
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-20 18:15 UTC
Published
2026-07-17 18:26 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-17 19:21 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-770
CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttlin…
Vendor / Product
python-zeroconf / python-zeroconf
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.5 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
python-zeroconf python-zeroconf — < 0.149.12
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-770 cna CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
6.5 MEDIUM 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References (4)
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