# CVE-2019-25585: Deluge 1.3.15 Denial of Service via Webseeds Field

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-38
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-03-22 · Updated: 2026-03-24

## Affected

- Dev Deluge: 1.3.15
- deluge (PyPI): through 1.3.15

## Description

Deluge 1.3.15 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Webseeds field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 5000 bytes into the Webseeds field during torrent creation to trigger an application crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Dev Deluge, deluge, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46884
- https://dev.deluge-torrent.org/
- http://download.deluge-torrent.org/windows/deluge-1.3.15-win32-py2.7.exe
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/deluge-denial-of-service-via-webseeds-field

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