Vulnerability · Published Jul 7, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12821
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 19.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsub x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md x_refsource_MISC
- https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attack x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM