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GHSA-6jrf-4jv4-r9mw
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Name: ISA-2025-003: Malicious validator can spoof votes from other validators Component: tendermint-rs Criticality: High (Catastrophic Impact; Rare Likelihood per ACMv1.2) Affected versions: <= v0.40.2 Affected users: Everyone
Description
tendermint-rs contains a critical vulnerability in its light client implementation due to insecure handling of corrupted validator sets. Because it doesn't check that the validator address is correctly derived from the validator's public key when counting votes, it is possible to spoof votes from other validators. The result is being able to construct the malicious block and cheat the light client. The light client will accept such a block, seemingly signed by 2/3+ majority.
Patches
The new tendermint-rs release v0.40.3 fixes this issue.
Unreleased code in the main branch is patched as well.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Timeline
- March 12, 2025, 13:41pm PST: Issue reported
- March 12, 2025, 03:00am PST: Core team completes validation of issue
This issue was reported by Felix Wilhelm from Asymmetric Research.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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