Dep Group Remote Memory Exhaustion (Denial of Service) in ckb
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
### Impact A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust ckb process memory of an affected node. ### Patches Upgrade to 0.43.1 or later. ### References After resolving the outpoints of one dep group, we put the corresponding content into a vec ( https://github.com/nervosnetwork/ckb/blob/v0.42.0/util/types/src/core/cell.rs#L600-L617 ), there is a vulnerability to a memory dos attack because there is no determination of whether the outpoints is duplicated. PoC: ``` before send dos tx rss: 105700 after rss: 2306932 ``` DoS cost: 25.6 KB * 150 + dep_tx out_points capacity ( 36 * 150 * 100 = 540000 ) = 4380000 CKB Send 50 dos_tx, memory exhausted: (25.6 KB * 150 * 100) * 50 = 19.2 GB
Why it matters now
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 |
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| — | ckb (crates.io) | before 0.43.1 | 0.43.1 | Patch available | GHSA-j35p-q24r-5367 |
- ckb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.43.1 Fixed in 0.43.1 Patch available GHSA-j35p-q24r-5367
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-j35p-q24r-5367 ckb (crates.io) Fixed in 0.43.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-j35p-q24r-5367
References
Sources
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