Access Restriction Bypass Affecting github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core package, versions <0.7.0
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.12% (46th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMIPFSGOIPFSCORE-1035518
- published 3 Nov 2020
- disclosed 3 Nov 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 3 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-10937 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core
to version 0.7.0 or higher.
Overview
github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core is a Package that implements the IpfsNode object and related methods.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. An attacker can generate ephemeral identities (Sybils) and leverage the IPFS connection management reputation system to poison other nodes' routing tables, eclipsing the nodes that are the target of the attack from the rest of the network.