CVE-2025-59352
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-17
Last updated on: 2025-09-18
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linuxfoundation | dragonfly | to 2.1.0 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-22 | The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. |
| CWE-202 | When trying to keep information confidential, an attacker can often infer some of the information by using statistics. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in Dragonfly, a P2P-based file distribution system, allows malicious peers to send requests via gRPC and HTTP APIs that force the recipient peer to create files in arbitrary locations and read arbitrary files. This can lead to theft of secret data and remote code execution on the affected machine. It affects versions prior to 2.1.0 and is fixed in version 2.1.0.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to secret data and allow attackers to execute code remotely on your machine, potentially compromising system integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Upgrade Dragonfly to version 2.1.0 or later, as this version contains the fix for the vulnerability allowing arbitrary file creation and remote code execution.