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CVE-2025-31498VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · Security update for c-ares

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited · fixed in SUSE package updates : patch SUSE soon.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 23:23 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 48% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.34.8

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 31 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Upgrade to c-ares version 1.34.8 or later, which contains fixes for all listed vulnerabilities. No other mitigations are specified. Applying this update will remediate the use-after-free and denial of service issues.

Description

This security update for c-ares addresses multiple vulnerabilities including use-after-free and denial of service issues. The flaws involve memory corruption in DNS query handling and resource exhaustion via crafted DNS responses. The update upgrades c-ares to version 1.34.8 which contains fixes for these issues.

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