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CVE-2022-23507

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-23507 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Tendermint versions prior to 0.28.0, specifically affecting light client verification in packages like tendermint-light-client. The flaw, an Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CWE-347), allows a light client to be fooled by a header from an untrusted chain if it meets other verification conditions, due to a failure to check matching chain IDs. While the attack vector is currently theoretical with no known proof-of-concept or active exploitation, it could lead to data integrity and confidentiality issues. There are no workarounds, and the issue is patched in Tendermint version 0.28.0.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tendermint-light-client-js_project:tendermint-light-client-js:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*:*
< 0.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tendermint-light-client-verifier_project:tendermint-light-client-verifier:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
< 0.28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tendermint-light-client_project:tendermint-light-client:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tendermint-light-client-verifierFixed in: 0.28.0
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tendermint-light-clientFixed in: 0.28.0
rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: tendermint-light-client-jsFixed in: 0.28.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-xqqc-c5gw-c5r5medium

Tendermint light client verification not taking into account chain ID

Dec 14, 2022

References

github.com / informalsystems/tendermint-rs/security/advisories/GHSA-xqqc-c5gw-c5r5
Third Party Advisory