CVE-2024-23688

medium

Description

Consensys Discovery versions less than 0.4.5 uses the same AES/GCM nonce for the entire session. which should ideally be unique for every message. The node's private key isn't compromised, only the session key generated for specific peer communication is exposed.

References

https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g

https://github.com/ConsenSys/discovery/security/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-19

Updated: 2024-01-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium