Cyber Resilience

CVE-2020-36562

HighPublic PoC

Published: 28 December 2022

Published
28 December 2022
Modified
11 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 62.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2020-36562 is a high-severity Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) vulnerability in Dht Project Dht. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 37.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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

CWE(s)
CWE-617

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

dht project
dht
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References