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CVE-2020-10937

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10937 describes a high-severity vulnerability in IPFS (go-ipfs) version 0.4.23, allowing attackers to generate numerous ephemeral identities (Sybils). This enables them to poison other nodes' routing tables, effectively eclipsing targeted nodes from the network. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. While later versions like go-ipfs 0.7 mitigate this issue, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:protocol:ipfs:0.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0115 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/ipfs/go-ipfsFixed in: 0.7.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-r23h-3jmw-q7hrhigh

Access Restriction Bypass in go-ipfs

Apr 24, 2024

References

blog.ipfs.io / 2020-10-30-dht-hardening
Vendor Advisory
graz.pure.elsevier.com / en/publications/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-disrupting-the-interplanetary-file-sys
Third Party Advisory