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GHSA-WP4M-7HPJ-8QP8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-20 00:30 – Updated: 2025-12-02 00:28

Summary

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

Details

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This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g.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.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2025-12-02T00:28:45Z",
  "published": "2024-01-20T00:30:27Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23688"
    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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  "summary": "Duplicate Advisory: Discovery uses the same AES/GCM Nonce throughout the session",
  "withdrawn": "2025-12-02T00:28:45Z"
}

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-19 21:26 – Updated: 2025-11-29 02:02

Summary

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

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/ConsenSys/discovery/security/a…	vendor-advisory
	https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g	third-party-advisory
	https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
			Affected: 0 , < 0.4.5 (maven)

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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