[UPDATE] [medium] avahi: Vulnerability allows denial of service
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in avahi to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in avahi to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Local deployments of Avahi are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is necessary due to the potential for denial of service, although exploitation is not currently reported.
- Action
- Update Avahi to the latest version to address the vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-2898
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-595290.15% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-59529 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for avahi
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[NEW] [medium] avahi daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-13
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] avahi-daemon: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-02
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] avahi: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-02
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