CVE-2025-48945

Summary

pycares is a Python module which provides an interface to c-ares. c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolutions asynchronously. Prior to version 4.9.0, pycares is vulnerable to a use-after-free condition that occurs when a Channel object is garbage collected while DNS queries are still pending. This results in a fatal Python error and interpreter crash. The vulnerability has been fixed in pycares 4.9.0 by implementing a safe channel destruction mechanism.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-416: CWE-416: Use After Free

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/saghul/pycares/security/advisories/GHSA-5qpg-rh4j-qp35
• https://github.com/saghul/pycares/security/advisories/GHSA-5qpg-rh4j-qp35
• https://github.com/aio-libs/aiodns/commit/f259a6e3650555157af53ac2b39f2ff545321d55
• https://github.com/saghul/pycares/commit/ebfd7d71eb8e74bc1057a361ea79a5906db510d4
• https://github.com/aio-libs/aiodns/releases/tag/v3.5.0
• https://github.com/saghul/pycares/releases/tag/v4.9.0

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