Missing Cryptographic Step Affecting github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMETHEREUMGOETHEREUMP2P-10562281
  • published30 Jun 2025
  • disclosed29 Jun 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jun 2025

NewCVE-2015-20112  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Cryptographic Step via the RLPx process. An attacker can potentially access confidential information by exploiting the use of two CTR streams that share the same key, IV, and nonce, which may allow decryption of network traffic.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1