Dragonfly's manager makes requests to external endpoints with disabled TLS authentication
### Impact The Manager disables TLS certificate verification in two HTTP clients (figures 3.1 and 3.2). The clients are not configurable, so users have no way to re-enable the verification. ```golang func getAuthToken(ctx context.Context, header http.Header) (string, error) { [skipped] client := &http.Client{ Timeout: defaultHTTPRequesttimeout, Transport: &http.Transport{ TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}, }, } [skipped] } ``` A Manager processes dozens of preheat jobs. An adversary performs a network-level Man-in-the-Middle attack, providing invalid data to the Manager. The Manager preheats with the wrong data, which later causes a denial of service and file integrity problems. ### 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](https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/blob/main/docs/security/dragonfly-comprehensive-report-2023.pdf). If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at [dragonfly-maintainers@googlegroups.com](mailto:dragonfly-maintainers@googlegroups.com).
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-59347US | medium6.5 | — | ||
Dragonfly is an open source P2P-based file distribution and image acceleration system. Prior to 2.1.0, The Manager disables TLS certificate verification in HTTP clients. The client… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonflyPACKAGE
- https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/blob/main/docs/security/dragonfly-comprehensive-report-2023.pdfWEB
- https://github.com/dragonflyoss/dragonfly/security/advisories/GHSA-98x5-jw98-6c97WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59347ADVISORY
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3966WEB
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