🛡️ AZL-64307 — python-pycares (CVE-2025-48945)
Description
CVE-2025-48945 affecting package python-pycares 3.1.1-3
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
AZL-64307 is recorded against 1 package.
- python-pycares
Timeline and source
Published on 20 June 2025 and last revised on 21 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| python-pycares | — | — |
References
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