CVE-2023-38701 is a critical vulnerability affecting IOHK Hydra, the layer-two scalability solution for Cardano, prior to version 0.12.0. A flaw in the commit and initial validators allows an attacker to steal funds users attempt to commit into a Hydra head and prevent heads from opening. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling unauthenticated attackers to achieve high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iohk:hydra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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