CVE-2025-68276
MEDIUMavahi < 0.9 - Denial of Service via D-Bus Record Browser Creation
Title source: llmDescription
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, an unprivileged local users can crash avahi-daemon (with wide-area disabled) by creating record browsers with the AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA flag set via D-Bus. This can be done by either calling the RecordBrowserNew method directly or creating hostname/address/service resolvers/browsers that create those browsers internally themselves.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-mhf3-865v-g5rc
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/commit/ede7048475c5d47d53890e3bc1350dda8e0b3688
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/avahi/avahi/pull/806
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (2)
avahi/avahi
0.9 rc1
avahi/avahi
< 0.9
Published
Jan 12, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026