CVE-2024-23688

Consensys Discovery Nonce Reuse

Published Jan 19, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g Discovery uses the same AES/GCM Nonce throughout the session
History
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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. 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.
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 8, 2026, 2:00 PM
Reserved
Jan 19, 2024, 5:35 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 19, 2024, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jul 14, 2026, 11:17 PM