Dragonfly server-side request forgery vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. Versions prior to 2.1.0 contain a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that enables users to force DragonFly2’s components to make requests to internal services that are otherwise not accessible to them. The issue arises because the Manager API accepts a user-supplied URL when creating a Preheat job with weak validation, peers can trigger other peers to fetch an arbitrary URL through pieceManager.DownloadSource, and internal HTTP clients follow redirects, allowing a request to a malicious server to be redirected to internal services. This can be used to probe or access internal HTTP endpoints. The vulnerability is fixed in version 2.1.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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-g2rq-jv54-wcpr |
| — | d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) | before 2.1.0 | 2.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-g2rq-jv54-wcpr |
- 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-g2rq-jv54-wcpr
- d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-g2rq-jv54-wcpr
Remediation
- Fix · CNA dragonfly (dragonflyoss) Fixed in 2.1.0
- Fix · GHSA-g2rq-jv54-wcpr github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-g2rq-jv54-wcpr d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59346
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g2rq-jv54-wcpr
References
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-2025-36908 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-2025-36906 Dragonfly did not enable authentication for some Manager’s endpoints CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2025-36914 Manager generates mTLS certificates for arbitrary IP addresses CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
Sources
- CVE-2025-59346 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-59346 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g2rq-jv54-wcpr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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