GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-mcvp-rpgg-9273 DragonFly's tiny file download uses hard coded HTTP protocol

MEDIUM Published 2025-09-17 Modified 2025-09-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-59410
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly, d7y.io/dragonfly/v2
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-311
Reviewed
2025-09-17

Affected packages

• Go github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly: < 2.1.0 → fixed in 2.1.0 • Go d7y.io/dragonfly/v2: < 2.1.0 → fixed in 2.1.0

Description

Impact The code in the scheduler for downloading a tiny file is hard coded to use the HTTP protocol, rather than HTTPS. This means that an attacker could perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack, changing the network request so that a different piece of data gets downloaded. Due to the use of weak integrity checks (TOB-DF2-15), this modification of the data may go unnoticed. ```golang // DownloadTinyFile downloads tiny file from peer without range. func (p *Peer) DownloadTinyFile() ([]byte, error) { ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), downloadTinyFileContextTimeout) defer cancel() // Download url: http://${host}:${port}/download/${taskIndex}/${taskID}?peerId=${peerID} targetURL := url.URL{ Scheme: } "http", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", p.Host.IP, p.Host.DownloadPort), fmt.Sprintf("download/%s/%s", p.Task.ID[:3], p.Task.ID), Host: Path: RawQuery: fmt.Sprintf("peerId=%s", p.ID), ``` A network-level attacker who cannot join a peer-to-peer network performs a Man-in-the-Middle attack on peers. The adversary can do this because peers (partially) communicate over plaintext HTTP protocol. The attack chains this vulnerability with the one described in TOB-DF2-15 to replace correct files with malicious ones. Unconscious peers use the malicious files. Patches • Dragonfy v2.1.0 and above. Workarounds There are no effective workarounds, beyond upgrading. References A third party security audit was performed by Trail of Bits, you can see the full report. If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [email protected].

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-59410 Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data weakness

References