CVE-2026-77641

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (8.2)—

tor before 0.4.9.9 was prone to a NULL write after free when sending a CONFLUX_SWITCH cell fails. The return value of relay_send_command_from_edge() was ignored, so a send failure (which calls circuit_mark_for_close() and removes the leg via cfx_del_leg()) would go undetected, causing the caller to write to the now-freed current leg and resulting in a crash. This is TROVE-2026-017.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Puntuación base: 8.2

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.35%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 27
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access75 %
Impacto principalT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact80 %
Impacto secundarioT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation65 %

Vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin privilegios (T1190). NULL write-after-free causa crash (DoS de aplicación T1499.004). Potencial escalada si el atacante controla la escritura en memoria liberada.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Filter Network Traffic Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Torproject — TOR

CWE

CWE-252

Referencias

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.9/ChangeLog

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