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high 7.5

CVE-2020-36562 json

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in github.com/shiyanhui/dht

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-p6fg-723f-hgpw , GO-2020-0040 , EUVD-2022-7699

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Due to unchecked type assertions, maliciously crafted messages can cause panics, which may be used as a denial of service vector.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/shiyanhui/dht/issues/57 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/shiyanhui/dht
<=0.0.0-20201219151056-5a20f3199263
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • github.com/shiyanhui/dht github.com/shiyanhui/dht

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-617 Reachable Assertion
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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