CVE-2023-42806CWE-347

Snapshot signature not including HeadID will allow replay attacks

Medium · published September 21, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Hydra is the layer-two scalability solution for Cardano. Prior to version 0.13.0, not signing and verifying `$\mathsf{cid}$` allows an attacker (which must be a participant of this head) to use a snapshot from an old head instance with the same participants to close the head or contest the state with it. This can lead to an incorrect distribution of value (= value extraction attack; hard, but possible) or prevent the head to finalize because the value available is not consistent with the closed utxo state (= denial of service; easy). A patch is planned for version 0.13.0. As a workaround, rotate keys between heads so not to re-use keys and not result in the same multi-signature participants.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00515 · 43.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Published
2023-09-21T16:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 SEP 16:45Z
    Snapshot signature not including HeadID will allow replay attacks
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