Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a race condition where in just the right circumstances a rendezvous point could man-in-the-middle (impersonate) the onion service that the client was trying to reach.
History

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Title Race Condition Enables Rendezvous Point to Impersonate Onion Service in Tor

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Description Tor before 0.4.9.11 is prone to a race condition where in just the right circumstances a rendezvous point could man-in-the-middle (impersonate) the onion service that the client was trying to reach.
First Time appeared Torproject
Torproject tor
Weaknesses CWE-362
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Torproject
Torproject tor
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T20:52:29.708Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T20:52:29.384Z

Link: CVE-2026-77638

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-20T21:17:11.097

Modified: 2026-08-20T21:17:11.097

Link: CVE-2026-77638

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2026-08-21T01:30:05Z