Consensys Discovery Nonce Reuse

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-23688
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerVulnCheck
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-01-19 22:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-07-14 23:17:17 UTC
DescriptionConsensys 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.004890000 probability, percentile 0.388420000 (date 2026-07-16)

Problem Types: CWE-323 | CWE-330 | CWE-323 CWE-323 Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1ADPDECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Consensys Discovery All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Consensys Discovery Nonce Reuse | VulnCheck Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 vulncheck.com Third Party Advisory
Discovery uses the same AES/GCM Nonce throughout the session · Advisory · Consensys/discovery · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
Discovery uses the same AES/GCM Nonce throughout the session · GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
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