Access Control Bypass Affecting github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/rtrefresh package, versions <0.21.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMLIBP2PGOLIBP2PKADDHTRTREFRESH-8309538
  • published29 Oct 2024
  • disclosed25 Oct 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Oct 2024

CVE-2023-26248  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/rtrefresh to version 0.21.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass through the assignment of routing information for content in the Kademlia DHT. An attacker can manipulate content resolution and effectively censor content by generating multiple Sybil peers with peer IDs closely matching the content ID.

References

CVSS Scores

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