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CVE-2026-33040
libp2p-rust is the official rust language Implementation of the libp2p networking stack. In versions prior to 0.49.3, the Gossipsub implementation accepts attacker-controlled PRUNE backoff values and may perform unchecked time arithmetic when storing backoff state. A specially crafted PRUNE control message with an extremely large backoff (e.g. u64::MAX) can lead to Duration/Instant overflow during backoff update logic, triggering a panic in the networking state machine. This is remotely reachabl
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"rust-libp2p","vendor":"libp2p","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.49.3"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e80ad170673173bb30c95856e2a1dc99db222cb8f000054bfb8cc1b1aa1238d5 · sha256:faa38b4859de5313… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e80ad170673173bb30c95856e2a1dc99db222cb8f000054bfb8cc1b1aa1238d5 · sha256:faa38b4859de5313… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-190","description":"CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e80ad170673173bb30c95856e2a1dc99db222cb8f000054bfb8cc1b1aa1238d5 · sha256:faa38b4859de5313… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-gc42-3jg7-rxr2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-gc42-3jg7-rxr2"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:e80ad170673173bb30c95856e2a1dc99db222cb8f000054bfb8cc1b1aa1238d5 · sha256:faa38b4859de5313… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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