Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.16, _read_character_string and _read_string in src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py advanced self.offset by attacker-declared RDLENGTH without checking it against self._data_len, allowing unauthenticated hosts on the local link over UDP/5353 (224.0.0.251 / ff02::fb) to send a TXT, HINFO, or A/AAAA record with rdlength=65535 and seed DNSCache and ServiceInfo.properties with truncated, attacker-shaped key/value or address records. This issue is fixed in version 0.149.16.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.16,
    _read_character_string and _read_string in src/zeroconf/_protocol/incoming.py advanced self.offset by     attacker-declared RDLENGTH without checking it against self._data_len, allowing unauthenticated hosts on     the local link over UDP/5353 (224.0.0.251 / ff02::fb) to send a TXT, HINFO, or A/AAAA record with     rdlength=65535 and seed DNSCache and ServiceInfo.properties with truncated, attacker-shaped key/value or     address records. This issue is fixed in version 0.149.16. (CVE-2026-48487)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21175-1 advisory.

    Changes in python-zeroconf:

    - CVE-2026-47180: zeroconf has unbounded recursion in DNS       compression-pointer decoder that allows LAN-local denial of service       (bsc#1268341)
    - CVE-2026-47183: zeroconf: Unbounded exception-dedup state retains       packet buffers via traceback frame locals, enabling LAN-local memory       exhaustion (bsc#1268342)
    - CVE-2026-47184: zeroconf has unbounded DNS record cache that allows       LAN-local memory exhaustion via multicast flood (bsc#1268343)
    - CVE-2026-48045: python-zeroconf: Unbounded TC-deferred queue allows       LAN-local memory exhaustion via spoofed-source flood (bsc#1268388)
    - CVE-2026-48487: python-zeroconf: Unvalidated rdlength in record       payload readers allows LAN-local cache corruption via crafted mDNS       packet (bsc#1268235)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  CVE-2026-48487


ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
327764	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-48487	Nessus	Misc.	medium
324891	openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-zeroconf (openSUSE-SU-2026:21175-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
443776	SCA: security update for zeroconf (GHSA-qc2x-6f54-m6h9)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
443776	SCA: security update for zeroconf (GHSA-qc2x-6f54-m6h9)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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