Avahi: Reachable assertion in `transport_flags_from_domain()` via conflicting publish flags crashes avahi-daemon
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 6 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-617.
Summary
Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. Prior to version 0.9-rc4, any unprivileged local user can crash avahi-daemon by sending a single D-Bus method call with conflicting publish flags. This issue has been patched in version 0.9-rc4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| avahi | avahi | before 0.9-rc4 | 0.9-rc4 | Patch available | CNA |
- avahi Vendoravahi Affected before 0.9-rc4 Fixed in 0.9-rc4 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.9 | Vulnerable | avahi |
| cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.9 rc1 | Vulnerable | avahi |
| cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.9 rc2 | Vulnerable | avahi |
| cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.9 rc3 | Vulnerable | avahi |
- cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.9 Vulnerable ·avahi
- cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9 rc1 Vulnerable ·avahi
- cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9 rc2 Vulnerable ·avahi
- cpe:2.3:a:avahi:avahi:0.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9 rc3 Vulnerable ·avahi
Remediation
- Fix · CNA avahi (avahi) Fixed in 0.9-rc4
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:11316 Released 2026-04-28 · Red Hat rating ModerateRed Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
- Red Hat Hardened Images avahi-0.9~rc4-0.1.hum1@aarch64, avahi-0.9~rc4-0.1.hum1@src, avahi-0.9~rc4-0.1.hum1@x86_64 +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Fixed | RHSA-2026:11316 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-34933
References
More Avahi vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-37060 Avahi: simple protocol server ignores accepts unlimited connections and logs failures without limit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2008-04834 The originates_from_local_legacy_unicast_socket function (avahi-core/server.c) in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2017-04303 avahi-daemon in Avahi through 0.6.32 and 0.7 inadvertently responds to IPv6 unicast… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2011-00862 avahi-core/socket.c in avahi-daemon in Avahi before 0.6.29 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2021-08399 avahi-daemon-check-dns.sh in the Debian avahi package through 0.8-4 is executed as root… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-19669 Avahi has Uncontrolled Recursion in lookup_handle_cname function CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-34933 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-34933 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-34933 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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