CVE-2026-77638
Description
A flaw was found in Tor. A remote attacker could exploit a race condition within the rendezvous point mechanism to impersonate an onion service. This man-in-the-middle attack allows the attacker to intercept and potentially alter communications between a client and the intended onion service, leading to information disclosure or data manipulation.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Bypass Protection Mechanism
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