Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| anacrolix | torrent | <= 1.61.0 |
References
- https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent
- https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/blob/v1.61.0/tracker/http/http.go#L114-L126
- https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/commit/92ad51490479bb8b94720f964b1c67e5a1d68faa
- https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/pull/1143
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/anacrolix-torrent-through-1.61.0-memory-exhaustion-via-unbounded-http-tracker-response
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 5, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 9, 2026
- NVD status
- Received