c-ares has 2 CVEs on record. 2 were published in the last 90 days. The median CVSS is 6.4 (medium).
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c-ares vulnerabilities
CVEs affecting c-ares, newest first. Open any entry for full detail, references, and exploit status.
2 CVEsRSS
CVE-2026-69186Medium· 5.3PoCc-ares is an asynchronous resolver library
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Prior to 1.34.7, ares_dns_parse() trusts the attacker-controlled ANCOUNT, NSCOUNT, and ARCOUNT fields before confirming that the DNS response contains enough bytes for the claimed records. Beca…
▾ Twilightc-ares · c-aresEPSS 0.52%via NVD
CVE-2026-69184High· 7.5c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Prior to 1.34.7, ares_dns_name_parse() enforces backward DNS compression pointers but does not bound the total pointer hops or assembled name length. A malicious DNS server can send a response …
▾ Twilightc-ares · c-aresEPSS 0.68%via NVD