CVE-2025-59351

Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. Prior to 2.1.0, the first return value of a function is dereferenced even when the function returns an error. This can result in a nil dereference, and cause code to panic. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.1.0.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/blob/main/docs/security/dragonfly-comprehensive-report-2023.pdf	Product
https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/security/advisories/GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dragonfly:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

History

18 Sep 2025, 20:09

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Linuxfoundation Linuxfoundation dragonfly
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:dragonfly::::::go::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.3
References	~~() https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/blob/main/docs/security/dragonfly-comprehensive-report-2023.pdf -~~	() https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/blob/main/docs/security/dragonfly-comprehensive-report-2023.pdf - Product
References	~~() https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/security/advisories/GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw -~~	() https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/security/advisories/GHSA-4mhv-8rh3-4ghw - Patch, Third Party Advisory

17 Sep 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-17 20:15

Updated : 2025-09-18 20:09

NVD link : CVE-2025-59351

Mitre link : CVE-2025-59351

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-59351

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linuxfoundation

dragonfly

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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