Dragonfly did not enable authentication for some Manager’s endpoints
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. Prior to 2.1.0, The /api/v1/jobs and /preheats endpoints in Manager web UI are accessible without authentication. Any user with network access to the Manager can create, delete, and modify jobs, and create preheat jobs. An unauthenticated adversary with network access to a Manager web UI uses /api/v1/jobs endpoint to create hundreds of useless jobs. The Manager is in a denial-of-service state, and stops accepting requests from valid administrators. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| backstage | dragonfly | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go) | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59 |
| — | d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59 |
- dragonfly Vendorbackstage Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available CNA
- github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59
- d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dragonfly (dragonflyoss) Fixed in 2.1.0
- Fix · GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59 github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59 d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59345
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59
References
Advisory 3
More backstage Dragonfly vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-12294 Dragonfly2 vulnerable to hard coded cyptographic key CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-36909 Dragonfly incorrectly handles a task structure’s usedTraffic field CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-36907 Dragonfly server-side request forgery vulnerability CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-36908 Dragonfly Manager makes requests to external endpoints with disabled TLS authentication CVSS 4.0LOW 2.7
- TI-2026-19442 Dragonfly Manager Job API Allows Unauthenticated Access CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
- TI-2025-36914 Manager generates mTLS certificates for arbitrary IP addresses CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
Sources
- CVE-2025-59345 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-59345 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-89vc-vf32-ch59 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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