Description
Tor before 0.4.9.9 was prone to a compression bomb bypass where an attacker could concatenate many gzip or zlib sub-streams, each just under the per-stream detection threshold, to avoid the compression bomb check entirely. This is TROVE-2026-022.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| torproject | Tor | >= 0.3.1.1-alpha, < 0.4.9.9 |
References
- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.9/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 18, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed