# CVE-2025-53634: Chall-Manager's HTTP Gateway have no header check timeout leading to potential slow loris attacks

- Also known as: GHSA-GGMV-J932-Q89Q, GO-2025-3809
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.1.4
- Published: 2025-07-10 · Updated: 2025-07-10

## Affected

- ctfer-io chall-manager: fixed in 0.1.4
- github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager (Go): fixed in 0.1.4

## Description

Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. The HTTP Gateway processes headers, but with no timeout set. With a slow loris attack, an attacker could cause Denial of Service (DoS). Exploitation does not require authentication nor authorization, so anyone can exploit it. It should nonetheless not be exploitable as it is highly recommended to bury Chall-Manager deep within the infrastructure due to its large capabilities, so no users could reach the system. Patch has been implemented by commit 1385bd8 and shipped in v0.1.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ctfer-io chall-manager, github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager, upgrade to a fixed version (0.1.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-ggmv-j932-q89q
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/commit/1385bd869142651146cd0b123085f91cec698636
- https://github.com/ctfer-io/chall-manager/releases/tag/v0.1.4

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