CVE-2023-42806 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-42806: Snapshot signature not including HeadID will allow replay attacks

Vendor Input-Output-Hk
Product hydra
Weakness CWE-347
Published September 21, 2023
Last update September 24, 2024

CVSS base score

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

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 21, 2023 CVE published
September 24, 2024 Record updated