Uncontrolled resource consumption in github.com/tendermint/tendermint
Priority HIGH 66CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Due to support of Gzip compression in request bodies, as well as a lack of limiting response body sizes, a malicious server can cause a client to consume a significant amount of system resources, which may be used as a denial of service vector.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0123 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/client (github.com/tendermint/tendermint): 0.31.1github.com/tendermint/tendermint (Go): 0.31.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/tendermint/tendermint | github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/client | before 0.31.1 | 0.31.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/tendermint/tendermint (Go) | before 0.31.1 | 0.31.1 | Patch available | GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46 |
- github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/client Vendorgithub.com/tendermint/tendermint Affected before 0.31.1 Fixed in 0.31.1 Patch available CNA
- github.com/tendermint/tendermint (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.31.1 Fixed in 0.31.1 Patch available GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tendermint:tendermint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.31.1 | Vulnerable | tendermint |
- cpe:2.3:a:tendermint:tendermint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.31.1 Vulnerable ·tendermint
Remediation
- Fix · CNA github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/lib/client (github.com/tendermint/tendermint) Fixed in 0.31.1
- Fix · GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46 github.com/tendermint/tendermint (Go) Fixed in 0.31.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-25072
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46
References
More Tendermint vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-04371 Denial of service in TenderMint Core CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-11866 Denial of Service in TenderMint CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2020-04359 Denial of service in Tendermint CVSS 3.1LOW 3.7
Sources
- CVE-2019-25072 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-25072 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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