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SCA: security update for github.com/cometbft/cometbft (GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420814

Description

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

 - CometBFT is a distributed, Byzantine fault-tolerant, deterministic state machine replication engine. In
 the `blocksync` protocol peers send their `base` and `latest` heights when they connect to a new node
 (`A`), which is syncing to the tip of a network. `base` acts as a lower ground and informs `A` that the
 peer only has blocks starting from height `base`. `latest` height informs `A` about the latest block in a
 network. Normally, nodes would only report increasing heights. If `B` fails to provide the latest block,
 `B` is removed and the `latest` height (target height) is recalculated based on other nodes `latest`
 heights. The existing code however doesn't check for the case where `B` first reports `latest` height `X`
 and immediately after height `Y`, where `X > Y`. `A` will be trying to catch up to 2000 indefinitely. This
 condition requires the introduction of malicious code in the full node first reporting some non-existing
 `latest` height, then reporting lower `latest` height and nodes which are syncing using `blocksync`
 protocol. This issue has been patched in versions 1.0.1 and 0.38.17 and all users are advised to upgrade.
 Operators may attempt to ban malicious peers from the network as a workaround. (CVE-2025-24371)

Solution

Update the github.com/cometbft/cometbft library and its related packages to version 0.38.17 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-22qq-3xwm-r5x4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420814

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/3/2025

Updated: 4/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24371

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-24371

cwe: CWE-703