TI-2021-20787 Aliases CVE-2021-45700 GHSA-cw98-cx2m-9qqg

An issue was discovered in the ckb crate before 0.40.0 for Rust.

LOW 35CWE-400Published 2021-12-26 · Updated 2024-08-04

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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the ckb crate before 0.40.0 for Rust. Attackers can cause a denial of service (Nervos CKB blockchain node crash) via a dead call that is used as a DepGroup.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01124 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed ckb (crates.io): 0.40.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	ckb (crates.io)	before 0.40.0	0.40.0	Patch available	GHSA-cw98-cx2m-9qqg

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
ckb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.40.0 Fixed in 0.40.0 Patch available GHSA-cw98-cx2m-9qqg

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nervos:ckb::::::rust::*	before 0.40.0	Vulnerable	Nervos

cpe:2.3:a:nervos:ckb:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions before 0.40.0 Vulnerable ·Nervos

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-cw98-cx2m-9qqg ckb (crates.io) Fixed in 0.40.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-45700
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cw98-cx2m-9qqg

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

TI-2021-20785 An issue was discovered in the ckb crate before 0.40.0 for Rust. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-20786 An issue was discovered in the ckb crate before 0.40.0 for Rust. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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