Tor vulnerabilities

Tor before 0.2.8.12 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a crafted hidden service descriptor.

In Tor before version 0.2.5.16 and in versions 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, there is a use-after-free vulnerability in onion service v2 during intro-point expiration due to mismanagement of the expiring list in certain error cases.

In Tor before version 0.2.5.16 and in versions 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, an attacker can cause a denial of service (application hang) via crafted PEM input that signifies a public key requiring a password, triggering an attempt by the OpenSSL library to ask the user for the password.

In Tor before version 0.2.5.16 and in versions 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference, leading to application crash.

In Tor before version 0.2.5.16 and in versions 0.2.6 through 0.2.8 before 0.2.8.17, 0.2.9 before 0.2.9.14, 0.3.0 before 0.3.0.13, and 0.3.1 before 0.3.1.9, the replay-cache protection mechanism is ineffective for v2 onion services. An attacker can send many INTRODUCE2 cells to trigger this issue.

Tor 0.3.x before 0.3.0.9 has a guard-selection algorithm that only considers the exit relay, not the exit relay's family. This may allow remote attackers to defeat intended anonymity properties by leveraging the existence of large families.

The hidden-service feature in Tor before version 0.3.0.8 allows a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed BEGIN cell.

Tor versions before 0.2.8.9 and 0.2.9.x before 0.2.9.4-alpha had functions that expected buf_t data to be NUL terminated. The implementation in or/buffers.c did not ensure this termination, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client, hidden service, relay, or authority crash) via crafted data.

Tor before version 0.4.9.12 interprets the CC_RESPONSE extension even when CC_REQUEST was not sent, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) due to corrupted congestion-control state. This is TROVE-2026-032.

Tor before 0.4.9.9 was prone to an out-of-bounds write when parsing a consensus or detached signature with unexpected signature digest type. Impact is minor for most Tor roles, but potentially major for directory authorities.

Tor before 0.4.9.9 was prone to a NULL write after free when sending a CONFLUX_SWITCH cell fails. Ignoring the return value of relay_send_command_from_edge() leads to a crash.

Tor before 0.4.9.9 can enter an infinite loop when decompressing a truncated zlib/gzip stream with done=1. The truncated stream never reaches Z_STREAM_END, causing zlib to return Z_BUF_ERROR, which is mistaken for a full output buffer.

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.

Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a race condition where in just the right circumstances a rendezvous point could man-in-the-middle (impersonate) the onion service that the client was trying to reach.

Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a use-after-free (and potential double free) of a conflux object when a recovery leg revives a conflux set whose last linked leg has already been closed. A malicious exit node could use this to crash a client.

Tor before 0.4.9.10 did not reject a CONFLUX_LINK cell that arrives on a circuit which already has attached streams. A malicious client could send a RELAY_COMMAND_BEGIN before the CONFLUX_LINK on the same circuit, attaching an exit stream that would later end up orphan leaving a dangling circuit back-pointer and a use-after-free (UAF) when the circuit is freed.

Tor before 0.4.9.7 has an out-of-bounds read by one byte via a malformed BEGIN cell, aka TROVE-2026-007. The vulnerability may lead to abnormal behavior or a process crash.

Tor before 0.4.9.7 has a NULL pointer dereference when a CERT cell is received out of order (TROVE-2026-006).

Tor before 0.4.9.7, when circuit queue memory pressure exists, can experience a client crash because of a double close of a circuit (TROVE-2026-009).

Tor before 0.4.9.7 mishandles accounting of the conflux out-of-order queue during the clearing of a queue, aka TROVE-2026-010.

Tor before 0.4.9.7 can attempt or accept BEGIN_DIR via conflux legs, aka TROVE-2026-008.

Tor before 0.4.9.7 has an out-of-bounds read when an END, TRUNCATE, or TRUNCATED cell lacks a reason in its payload, aka TROVE-2026-011.

In Tor up to 0.4.7.16/0.4.8.17, the Onion Service Descriptor Handler causes resource consumption. The attack can be initiated remotely, is of high complexity and difficult exploitability; upgrading to 0.4.8.18 or 0.4.9.3-alpha is recommended.