CVE-2020-5232

Ethereum Name Service - Malicious takeover of previously owned ENS names

Published Jan 30, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.7 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness. A new ENS deployment is being rolled out that fixes this vulnerability in the ENS registry.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0255 A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness. A new ENS deployment is being rolled out that fixes this vulnerability in the ENS registry.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8f9f-pc5v-9r5h Malicious takeover of previously owned ENS names
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00601}

epss

{'score': 0.00784}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 8:22 AM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 31, 2020, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:21 AM