CVE-2024-23688 (GCVE-0-2024-23688)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-19 21:26 – Updated: 2025-11-29 02:02
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-323 - Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , < 0.4.5 (maven)
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