Klever-Go: PubKeysBitmap padding bits bypass the BLS signature quorum
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.
Summary
Klever-Go is the Go implementation of the Klever blockchain protocol. Prior to 1.7.20, header signature verification counts the unused padding bits of the PubKeysBitmap toward the two-thirds validator quorum. These padding bits do not correspond to any validator and are ignored by the actual BLS aggregate-signature check, so a malicious or compromised block producer can set them to reach the required quorum while gathering fewer genuine validator signatures than the protocol demands. As a result, nodes that import or intercept the header accept it as correctly signed without a real two-thirds quorum, weakening consensus safety and undermining finality. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.20.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA klever-go (klever-io) Fixed in 1.7.20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-58262
References
More klever-io vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-40253 Klever-Go: SFT add-quantity `int64` overflow bypasses a finite per-nonce MaxSupply CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-40252 Klever-Go: Percentage-transfer royalty skips the source debit at exactly-100% splits CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-58874 Klever-Go: /log controls global node logging CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-32588 Klever-Go MultiDataInterceptor: remote OOM via crafted compressed P2P payload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-39560 Integer underflow in klever-io klever-go CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-58875 Resource allocation without limits in klever-io klever-go CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
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