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CVE-2020-36562: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in github.com/shiyanhui/dht

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

Due to unchecked type assertions, maliciously crafted messages can cause panics, which may be used as a denial of service vector.

Affected products

• github.com/shiyanhui/dht: all versions

References

• https://github.com/shiyanhui/dht/issues/57
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0040
• https://github.com/shiyanhui/dht/issues/57
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0040

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