CVE-2026-64860

espressif/mdns has Uncontrolled Recursion in mDNS Name Decompression

Published Nov 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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

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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'}

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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
Nov 5, 2026, 5:27 PM
Reserved
Jul 20, 2026, 6:31 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 30, 2026, 1:19 PM
Modified
Nov 12, 2026, 10:18 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 5, 2026, 2:11 PM