CVE-2020-15091 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-15091: Denial of Service in TenderMint

Vendor Tendermint
Product tendermint
Weakness CWE-347
Published July 2, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

TenderMint from version 0.33.0 and before version 0.33.6 allows block proposers to include signatures for the wrong block. This may happen naturally if you start a network, have it run for some time and restart it (**without changing chainID**). A malicious block proposer (even with a minimal amount of stake) can use this vulnerability to completely halt the network. This issue is fixed in Tendermint 0.33.6 which checks all the signatures are for the block with 2/3+ majority before creating a commit.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 2, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated