Duplicate Advisory: Discovery uses the same AES/GCM Nonce throughout the session

GHSA-wp4m-7hpj-8qp8

Published Jan 20, 2024 · Modified Dec 2, 2025

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Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original 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.

References

WEB https://github.com/ConsenSys/discovery/security/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23688
ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g
WEB https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g

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