CVE-2026-87724
Received
Received - Intake
Denial of Service in Tor due to CC_RESPONSE Extension Handling
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-87724, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-09
Last updated on: 2026-09-09
Assigner: MITRE
Description
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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| torproject | tor | to 0.4.9.12 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-669 | The product does not properly transfer a resource/behavior to another sphere, or improperly imports a resource/behavior from another sphere, in a manner that provides unintended control over that resource. |
