Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-12821 - Unspecified vulnerability in Protocol Gossipsub 1.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
References
- https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attack
- https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsub
- https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.md
- https://github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450
- https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdf