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CVE-2021-45699

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CVE-2021-45699 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Nervos CKB blockchain, specifically affecting the ckb crate before version 0.40.0. Remote attackers could exploit this by causing memory allocation failures for the misbehavior HashMap, potentially leading to a 51% attack against the blockchain. Rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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

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
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ckbFixed in: 0.40.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-2969-8hh9-57jchigh

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in ckb

Jan 6, 2022

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/ckb/RUSTSEC-2021-0108.md
Third Party Advisory
rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0108.html
Third Party Advisory