What is CVE-2022-47547?

CVE-2022-47547 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Protocol Gossipsub, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-47547?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Protocol Gossipsub

CVE-2022-47547

GossipSub 1.1, as used for Ethereum 2.0, allows a peer to maintain a positive score (and thus not be pruned from the network) even though it continuously misbehaves by never forwarding topic messages.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Protocol Gossipsub — versions 1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47547?: CVE-2022-47547 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Protocol Gossipsub, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-47547?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.