High severityOSV Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-48945
CVE-2025-48945
Description
pycares is a Python module which provides an interface to c-ares. c-ares is a C library that performs DNS requests and name resolutions asynchronously. Prior to version 4.9.0, pycares is vulnerable to a use-after-free condition that occurs when a Channel object is garbage collected while DNS queries are still pending. This results in a fatal Python error and interpreter crash. The vulnerability has been fixed in pycares 4.9.0 by implementing a safe channel destruction mechanism.
Affected products
1Patches
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Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
5- github.com/aio-libs/aiodns/commit/f259a6e3650555157af53ac2b39f2ff545321d55nvd
- github.com/aio-libs/aiodns/releases/tag/v3.5.0nvd
- github.com/saghul/pycares/commit/ebfd7d71eb8e74bc1057a361ea79a5906db510d4nvd
- github.com/saghul/pycares/releases/tag/v4.9.0nvd
- github.com/saghul/pycares/security/advisories/GHSA-5qpg-rh4j-qp35nvd
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