EIP-2026-102735

PRE-CVE

rtorrent 0.9.6 - Denial of Service

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102735. PoCs published by ecx86.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial of service in rtorrent 0.9.6 by sending a malformed bencode handshake with an excessively large string length, causing a malloc failure and subsequent segfault.

Description

rtorrent 0.9.6 - Denial of Service

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by ecx86 · pythondoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44894

This exploit triggers a denial of service in rtorrent 0.9.6 by sending a malformed bencode handshake with an excessively large string length, causing a malloc failure and subsequent segfault.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: rtorrent <= 0.9.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target rtorrent client
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026