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: n/a
KEV: No
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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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T14:11:08.672Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-64860

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Status : Received

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

Modified: 2026-11-05T15:17:21.777

Link: CVE-2026-64860

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Updated: 2026-11-05T16:00:19Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

  • CWE-674

    Uncontrolled Recursion