CVE•Published 2024-01-19•Modified 2026-07-14•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-23688Consensys · Discovery

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 61% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-323Reusing a Nonce, Key Pair in Encryption CWE-330Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2024-01-19

Modified 2026-07-14

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-23688

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Consensys Discovery"

All exposed Consensys Discovery instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Discovery"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Discovery" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2024-23688