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.
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GHSA-9663-mqmp-p9mm | python-zeroconf: Unbounded TC-deferred queue allows LAN-local memory exhaustion via spoofed-source flood |
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Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Zeroconf: Unbounded TC-deferred queue allows LAN-local memory exhaustion via spoofed-source flood | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-17T19:21:38.396Z
Reserved: 2026-05-20T18:15:53.578Z
Link: CVE-2026-48045
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