CVE-2023-40583
Out-of-memory vulnerability in github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
Description
A malicious actor can store an arbitrary amount of data in the memory of a remote node by sending the node a message with a signed peer record. Signed peer records from randomly generated peers can be sent by a malicious actor. This memory does not get garbage collected and so the remote node can run out of memory (OOM).
How to fix CVE-2023-40583
To remediate CVE-2023-40583, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.27.4 or later
- —upgrade to 0.27.4 or later
Is CVE-2023-40583 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.27.4
- from 0, < 0.27.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |