6.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-87724
Tor Congestion Control Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Tor before 0.4.9.12 interprets the CC_RESPONSE extension even when CC_REQUEST was not sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) because of corrupted congestion-control state. This is TROVE-2026-032.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 9, 2026, 2:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 9, 2026, 2:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Tor to version 0.4.9.12 or later to fix the DoS vulnerability.
  • Update Tor to version 0.4.9.12 or later.
  • Ensure proper congestion-control state management.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://gitlab.com/torproject/tor/-/commit/10d4b8ffefa7c00aab2b631ed7e7f15e42cd012d
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.12/ChangeLog
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-87724 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Tor before 0.4.9.12 interprets the CC_RESPONSE extension even when CC_REQUEST was not sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) because of corrupted congestion-control state. This is TROVE-2026-032.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-669
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/87xxx/CVE-2026-87724.json">CVE-2026-87724</a>
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/torproject/tor/-/commit/10d4b8ffefa7c00aab2b631ed7e7f15e42cd012d
    Added Reference https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.12/ChangeLog
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