๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-87724

MEDIUM 6.5
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-669
Vendor torprject
Product tor
Published Sep 9, 2026
Last Updated Sep 9, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Affected Versions

torprject / Tor
0.4.9.3-alpha < 0.4.9.12

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
gitlab.torproject.org: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.12/ChangeLog gitlab.com: https://gitlab.com/torproject/tor/-/commit/10d4b8ffefa7c00aab2b631ed7e7f15e42cd012d