GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8/GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8
Withdrawn
2025-12-02T00:28:45Z
Published
2024-01-20T00:30:27Z
Modified
2025-12-02T01:32:19Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
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This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g.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.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-323",
        "CWE-330"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-02T00:28:45Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-01-19T22:15:08Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery

Package

Name
tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery
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Purl
pkg:maven/tech.pegasys.discovery/discovery

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.5

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/01/GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8/GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8.json"