Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42766
Critical 9.1
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 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (long-range consensus chain reorganizations), even when this adversary has little stake and cannot influence network message propagation. This can cause a protocol stall, or an increase in the profits of individual validators.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.10086 x_refsource_MISC