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SCA: security update for tech.pegasys.discovery:discovery (GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419658

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2024-23688)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3hj-wr2q-x83g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419658

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23688

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23688