CVE-2026-69184

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

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NVD description

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Prior to 1.34.7, ares_dns_name_parse() enforces backward DNS compression pointers but does not bound the total pointer hops or assembled name length. A malicious DNS server can send a response containing a long descending pointer chain and many resource records whose NAME or RDATA fields refer to the chain, causing repeated decompression work that grows quadratically with message size. A single crafted response can stall the single-threaded c-ares event loop and deny DNS resolution, without causing memory corruption or information disclosure. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.7.

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Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-407

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Referenced assets1 URL

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https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-69184

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Hugo | DevOps | Cybersecurity 🇱🇻@HugoValters1d
CVE-2026-69184 c-ares memory corruption, CVSS 7.5. Malicious DNS server can stall any app using the resolver via crafted compression pointers. Patch to 1.34.7 now. https://www.valtersit.com/cve/CVE-2026-69184 #CVE #infosec #cybersecurity #cares #CVEALERT #CVE #infosec #Linux #XSS #valtersit #snippet #SysAdmin #cybersecurity #devsecops #devops #developer #100daysofcode #git #github #gitlab #redteam #blueteam #ethicalhacker #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritynews #cybersecuritytips #python #hacker #kali #ubuntu #debian #docker
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