🛡️ GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8 — discovery

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-323 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Duplicate Advisory: Discovery uses the same AES/GCM Nonce throughout the session

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original 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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8 is recorded against 1 package.

  • tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery (fixed in 0.4.5)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 January 2024 and last revised on 2 December 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Advisory)
vulncheck.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-323
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-01-20
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-12-02
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery — 0.4.5

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