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

17 Jun 2026, 09:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) Dragonfly es un sistema de distribución de archivos y aceleración de imágenes de código abierto basado en P2P. Antes de la 2.1.0, el primer valor de retorno de una función es desreferenciado incluso cuando la función devuelve un error. Esto puede resultar en una desreferenciación nula y provocar un pánico en el código. Esta vulnerabilidad se corrigió en la 2.1.0.

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 : 2026-06-17 09:45

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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