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CVE-2020-36562

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36562 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the dht_project dht, stemming from unchecked type assertions that allow maliciously crafted messages to trigger panics. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no user interaction to cause a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dht_project:dht:-:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-p6fg-723f-hgpwhigh

shiyanhui/dht vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Dec 28, 2022

References

github.com / shiyanhui/dht/issues/57
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
pkg.go.dev / vuln/GO-2020-0040
Vendor Advisory