Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting github.com/cometbft/cometbft/types package, versions <0.38.17>=1.0.0-alpha.1 <1.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCOMETBFTCOMETBFTTYPES-8687934
  • published4 Feb 2025
  • disclosed3 Feb 2025
  • creditunknownfeature

Introduced: 3 Feb 2025

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/cometbft/cometbft/types to version 0.38.17, 1.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity through the validation of Part.Index and Part.Proof.Index. An attacker can disrupt the network and halt its operations by disseminating invalid block parts that are incorrectly accepted as valid.

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