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CVE-2025-68276

5.5 · MEDIUM

Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite.

Published Jan 12, 2026CWE-617EPSS 0.16%

Overview

CVE-2025-68276 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 12, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite. In 0.9-rc2 and earlier, an unprivileged local users can crash avahi-daemon (with wide-area disabled) by creating record browsers with the AVAHI_LOOKUP_USE_WIDE_AREA flag set via D-Bus. This can be done by either calling

the RecordBrowserNew method directly or creating hostname/address/service resolvers/browsers that create those browsers internally themselves.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/avahi/avahi/commit/ede7048475c5d47d53890e3bc1350dda8e0b3688GitHubgithub.com/avahi/avahi/pull/806GitHubgithub.com/avahi/avahi/security/advisories/GHSA-mhf3-865v-g5rc

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68276?

CVE-2025-68276 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 12, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-68276?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-68276?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-68276?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-68276 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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