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CVE-2025-24371
No affected components available
CometBFT is a distributed, Byzantine fault-tolerant, deterministic state machine replication engine. In the blocksync protocol peers send their base and latest heights when they connect to a new node (A), which is syncing to the tip of a network. base acts as a lower ground and informs A that the peer only has blocks starting from height base. latest height informs A about the latest block in a network. Normally, nodes would only report increasing heights. If B fails to provide the latest block, B is removed and the latest height (target height) is recalculated based on other nodes latest heights. The existing code however doesn't check for the case where B first reports latest height X and immediately after height Y, where X > Y. A will be trying to catch up to 2000 indefinitely. This condition requires the introduction of malicious code in the full node first reporting some non-existing latest height, then reporting lower latest height and nodes which are syncing using blocksync protocol. This issue has been patched in versions 1.0.1 and 0.38.17 and all users are advised to upgrade. Operators may attempt to ban malicious peers from the network as a workaround.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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