CVE-2020-15091

MEDIUM

TenderMint <0.33.6 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

TenderMint from version 0.33.0 and before version 0.33.6 allows block proposers to include signatures for the wrong block. This may happen naturally if you start a network, have it run for some time and restart it (**without changing chainID**). A malicious block proposer (even with a minimal amount of stake) can use this vulnerability to completely halt the network. This issue is fixed in Tendermint 0.33.6 which checks all the signatures are for the block with 2/3+ majority before creating a commit.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues/4926

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (2)
tendermint/tendermint 0 - 0.33.6Go
tendermint/tendermint 0.33.0 - 0.33.6
Published Jul 02, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026