CVE-2023-40583 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting go-libp2p, a networking library used in projects like IPFS. Malicious actors can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted signed peer records, causing remote nodes to consume excessive memory without garbage collection. This leads to eventual memory exhaustion and system crashes, potentially bringing down nodes over time. 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 a patch is available in version 0.27.4, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.27.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:protocol:libp2p:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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