# CVE-2026-47180: Zeroconf: Unbounded recursion in DNS compression-pointer decoder allows LAN-local denial of service

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3436, GHSA-9PGC-3CCV-5297
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.149.5
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- python-zeroconf: fixed in 0.149.5
- zeroconf (PyPI): fixed in 0.149.5

## Description

Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.5, DNSIncoming._decode_labels_at_offset recurses once per DNS-name compression pointer, and a single mDNS packet carrying chained pointers can trigger a RecursionError that escapes DNSIncoming.__init__, causing sustained CPU burn, log flooding, and degraded mDNS-dependent features for unauthenticated hosts on the local link over UDP/5353 (224.0.0.251 / ff02::fb). This issue is fixed in version 0.149.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-zeroconf, zeroconf, upgrade to a fixed version (0.149.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgc-3ccv-5297
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/pull/1719
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/commit/f9e23592137f30fdf7ef710dba065da31c79b1cf
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/releases/tag/0.149.5

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