DragonFly's manager generates mTLS certificates for arbitrary IP addresses

Description

Impact

A peer can obtain a valid TLS certificate for arbitrary IP addresses, effectively rendering the mTLS authentication useless. The issue is that the Manager’s Certificate gRPC service does not validate if the requested IP addresses “belong to” the peer requesting the certificate—that is, if the peer connects from the same IP address as the one provided in the certificate request.

if addr, ok := p.Addr.(*net.TCPAddr); ok {
       ip = addr.IP.String()
} else {
       ip, _, err = net.SplitHostPort(p.Addr.String())
       if err != nil {
             return nil, err
       }
}
// Parse csr.
[skipped]
// Check csr signature.
// TODO check csr common name and so on.
if err = csr.CheckSignature(); err != nil {
       return nil, err
}
[skipped]
// TODO only valid for peer ip
// BTW we need support both of ipv4 and ipv6.
ips := csr.IPAddresses
if len(ips) == 0 {
       // Add default connected ip.
       ips = []net.IP{net.ParseIP(ip)}
}

Patches

  • Dragonfy v2.1.0 and above.

Workarounds

There are no effective workarounds, beyond upgrading.

References

A third party security audit was performed by Trail of Bits, you can see the full report.

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Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2025-09-17 20:11:37 UTC
Updated
2025-09-26 16:19:19 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-09-17 20:11:37 UTC
NVD published
2025-09-17

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.07% 20.30%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
7.7 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:P)
Proof-of-concept: public PoC exists; no reported exploitation and no known simplification tools.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Credits

  • gaius-qi (remediation_developer)

Affected packages (2)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
go github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly < 2.1.0 2.1.0
go d7y.io/dragonfly/v2 < 2.1.0 2.1.0

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence