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TI-2025-36912 Aliases CVE-2025-59351GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw

Dragonfly possibly panics due to nil pointer dereference when using variables created alongside an error

Priority LOW 19CWE-476Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. Prior to 2.1.0, the first return value of a function is dereferenced even when the function returns an error. This can result in a nil dereference, and cause code to panic. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00314 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed dragonfly (dragonflyoss): 2.1.0github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go): 2.1.0+1 more product

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
backstagedragonflybefore 2.1.02.1.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go)before 2.1.02.1.0Patch availableGHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw
—d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go)before 2.1.02.1.0Patch availableGHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw
  • 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-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw
  • d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.0 Fixed in 2.1.0 Patch available GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dragonfly:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*before 2.1.0Vulnerablebackstage
  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dragonfly:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 2.1.0 Vulnerable ·backstage

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA dragonfly (dragonflyoss) Fixed in 2.1.0
  • Fix · GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly (Go) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.1.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-59351
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • 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-2025-36906 Dragonfly did not enable authentication for some Manager’s endpoints CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
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Sources

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