What is CVE-2024-23688?

CVE-2024-23688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Consensys Discovery, classified under Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-23688?

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

Vulnerability in Consensys Discovery

CVE-2024-23688

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th 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:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Consensys Discovery

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23688?: CVE-2024-23688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Consensys Discovery, classified under Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-23688?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.