CVE-2024-23688 Consensys Discovery Nonce Reuse

2024-01-1921:26:35

CWE-323

VulnCheck

www.cve.org

consensys

discovery

nonce reuse

aes/gcm

vulnerability

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "packageName": "tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "0.4.5",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "maven"
      }
    ]
  }
]