- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.61.1-0.20260911233437-76452a2c8a2f
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.61.1-0.20260911233437-76452a2c8a2f.
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 10/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
The anacrolix/torrent Go library (github.com/anacrolix/torrent) has an unbounded recursion flaw in its bencode decoder that can crash the program with a stack overflow or consume excessive CPU, causing denial of service. The attack vector, required access, and whether an attacker needs a non-default setup are not specified in the available information.
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anacrolix torrent has unbounded recursion in the bencode decoder that causes stack-overflow crash and CPU-exhaustion DoS in github.com/anacrolix/torrent
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure?/25Unknown. No advisory context yet
- Reach10/20Affects Go packages
- Severity?/10Unknown. No CVSS score or vendor rating
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 65 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 60 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 32 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.61.1-0.20260911233437-76452a2c8a2f.
Timeline
- Advisory published
- Record last updated
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- github.com/anacrolix/torrentGo
fixed in 1.61.1-0.20260911233437-76452a2c8a2f
Evidence 2
- Advisory
- Patch
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about GO-2026-6894
Is GO-2026-6894 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by GO-2026-6894?
github.com/anacrolix/torrent (Go): before 1.61.1-0.20260911233437-76452a2c8a2f.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix GO-2026-6894?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 1.61.1-0.20260911233437-76452a2c8a2f.Source: cve.now feed data