CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-23688

Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

Published: Jan 19, 2024 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 nodes private key isnt compromised, only the session key generated for specific peer communication is exposed.

Weakness

Nonces should be used for the present occasion and only once.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Discovery Consensys * 0.4.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References