CVE-2023-26248

Published Oct 25, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Kademlia DHT (go-libp2p-kad-dht 0.20.0 and earlier) used in IPFS (0.18.1 and earlier) assigns routing information for content (i.e., information about who holds the content) to be stored by peers whose peer IDs have a small DHT distance from the content ID. This allows an attacker to censor content by generating many Sybil peers whose peer IDs have a small distance from the content ID, thus hijacking the content resolution process.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mqr9-hjr8-2m9w Content Censorship in the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) via Kademlia DHT abuse
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0004}

epss

{'score': 0.0005}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kademila
Kademila dht
Weaknesses CWE-352
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kademila:dht:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kademila
Kademila dht
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Kademlia DHT (go-libp2p-kad-dht 0.20.0 and earlier) used in IPFS (0.18.1 and earlier) assigns routing information for content (i.e., information about who holds the content) to be stored by peers whose peer IDs have a small DHT distance from the content ID. This allows an attacker to censor content by generating many Sybil peers whose peer IDs have a small distance from the content ID, thus hijacking the content resolution process.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 25, 2024, 7:56 PM
Reserved
Feb 21, 2023, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 25, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:42 AM