CVE-2024-23688 Information

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.

Reference

https://github.com/ConsenSys/discovery/security/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g