Description
ESP-Protocols is a collection of protocol components for ESP-IDF. Prior to mDNS version 1.11.2, the `mdns` component follows DNS name-compression pointers recursively when parsing fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) in inbound mDNS packets without capping pointer-follow depth in `mdns_utils_read_fqdn()`. An unauthenticated attacker on the same link-local network can send a crafted packet to UDP port 5353 on an `ESP-IDF` device using `espressif/mdns` with mDNS enabled. Deep recursion exhausts the fixed-size stack of the mDNS FreeRTOS task, causing a controlled panic and reboot; persistent malicious traffic can cause a crash loop. No confidentiality or integrity impact has been demonstrated, and remote code execution is not claimed. This issue is fixed in mDNS version 1.11.2.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description Further research determined the issue is not a vulnerability. ESP-Protocols is a collection of protocol components for ESP-IDF. Prior to mDNS version 1.11.2, the `mdns` component follows DNS name-compression pointers recursively when parsing fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) in inbound mDNS packets without capping pointer-follow depth in `mdns_utils_read_fqdn()`. An unauthenticated attacker on the same link-local network can send a crafted packet to UDP port 5353 on an `ESP-IDF` device using `espressif/mdns` with mDNS enabled. Deep recursion exhausts the fixed-size stack of the mDNS FreeRTOS task, causing a controlled panic and reboot; persistent malicious traffic can cause a crash loop. No confidentiality or integrity impact has been demonstrated, and remote code execution is not claimed. This issue is fixed in mDNS version 1.11.2.
Title espressif/mdns has Uncontrolled Recursion in mDNS Name Decompression
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description Further research determined the issue is not a vulnerability.

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T17:27:44.180Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T18:31:39.291Z

Link: CVE-2026-64860

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Updated: 2026-11-05T17:26:21.511Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-30T13:19:38.980

Modified: 2026-11-05T18:17:09.223

Link: CVE-2026-64860

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-11-05T14:11:08Z

Links: CVE-2026-64860 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-11-06T14:30:06Z

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