pypi package report

Is pycares safe?

1 known vulnerability, worst severity MODERATE.

cvss
5.0

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss
not scored

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score
not scored

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-5qpg-rh4j-qp35, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-5qpg-rh4j-qp35

MODERATE

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.

Affected
<= 4.8.0
Fixed in
4.9.0
Weakness
CWE-416
Published
2025-06-16
Source
github

GHSAreferencereference


// dependencies

2 direct, 1 carrying known advisories, worst MEDIUM

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// ai model usage

No published models are known to use this package.


Checked 2026-09-22 at 01:46 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2025-06-16. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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