Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-42764 - Unspecified vulnerability in Proof-Of-Stake Ethereum Project Proof-Of-Stake Ethereum
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (delayed consensus decisions), and also increase the profits of individual validators, via short-range reorganizations of the underlying consensus chain.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |