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CVE-2026-123096 (GCVE-0-2026-123096)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-11-05 15:11 – Updated: 2026-11-05 15:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
anacrolix/torrent through 1.61.0 Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded HTTP Tracker Response
Summary
anacrolix/torrent through 1.61.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the tracker/http package that allows malicious trackers to crash clients by returning unbounded responses. Attackers controlling an HTTP tracker in a torrent file or magnet link can return huge or gzip-compressed announce or scrape responses that Client.Announce and Client.Scrape buffer without limits, exhausting process memory.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/pull/1143 | issue-trackingpatch |
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/commit/92ad5… | patch |
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/blob/v1.61.0… | technical-description |
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anacrolix-to… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-10-19 00:00
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CVE-2026-123096 (GCVE-0-2026-123096)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-05 15:11 – Updated: 2026-11-05 15:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
anacrolix/torrent through 1.61.0 Memory Exhaustion via Unbounded HTTP Tracker Response
Summary
anacrolix/torrent through 1.61.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the tracker/http package that allows malicious trackers to crash clients by returning unbounded responses. Attackers controlling an HTTP tracker in a torrent file or magnet link can return huge or gzip-compressed announce or scrape responses that Client.Announce and Client.Scrape buffer without limits, exhausting process memory.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/pull/1143 | issue-trackingpatch |
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/commit/92ad5… | patch |
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/blob/v1.61.0… | technical-description |
| https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent | product |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anacrolix-to… | third-party-advisory |
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Date Public
2026-10-19 00:00
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