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High 8.9Published Aug 20, 2026
CVE-2026-77638Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a race condition where in just the right circumstances a rendezvous point could man-in-the-middle (impersonate) the onion service that the client was trying to reach.
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Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a race condition where in just the right circumstances a rendezvous point could man-in-the-middle (impersonate) the onion service that the client was trying to reach.
- CVSS
- 8.9 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 27, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
torproject Tor torproject:tor (from the name) | from 0.3.5.3-alpha before 0.4.9.11 | CNA record |
torproject tor torproject:tor | before 0.4.9.11 | NVD |
References
- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.11/ChangeLogpermissions-required, release-notes, vendor-advisory
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