# CVE-2026-47184: Zeroconf: Unbounded DNS record cache allows LAN-local memory exhaustion via multicast flood

- Also known as: GHSA-RFG2-PJW2-56X2, PYSEC-2026-3439
- 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: 0.149.7
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-21

## Affected

- python-zeroconf: fixed in 0.149.7
- zeroconf (PyPI): fixed in 0.149.7

## Description

Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.7, DNSCache._async_add inserted every response record into cache, _expirations, _expire_heap, and service_cache without a cap, allowing unauthenticated hosts on the local link over UDP/5353 (224.0.0.251 / ff02::fb) to multicast valid mDNS responses with unique names and cause memory exhaustion, slower cache lookups, slower async_expire passes, and broken discovery, registration, and ServiceBrowser callbacks. This issue is fixed in version 0.149.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on python-zeroconf, zeroconf, upgrade to a fixed version (0.149.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/security/advisories/GHSA-rfg2-pjw2-56x2
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/issues/1715
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/pull/1718
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/commit/0ad3f37b5b852b8f614d322283d148efb2cef6e4
- https://github.com/python-zeroconf/python-zeroconf/releases/tag/0.149.7

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