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CVE-2021-45698

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45698 is a critical vulnerability affecting the ckb crate in Nervos CKB blockchain software prior to version 0.40.0. It allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by preventing the get_block_template RPC call from correctly selecting transactions with higher fee rates. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.8, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.40.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nervos:ckb:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ckbFixed in: 0.40.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-8gjm-h3xj-mp6wcritical

RPC call failure in ckb

Jan 6, 2022

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/ckb/RUSTSEC-2021-0107.md
Third Party Advisory
rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0107.html
Third Party Advisory