CVE-2023-25568

HIGH

Boxo 0.4.0-0.5.0 - Memory Exhaustion via Bitswap Server Allocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Boxo, formerly known as go-libipfs, is a library for building IPFS applications and implementations. In versions 0.4.0 and 0.5.0, if an attacker is able allocate arbitrary many bytes in the Bitswap server, those allocations are lasting even if the connection is closed. This affects users accepting untrusted connections with the Bitswap server and also affects users using the old API stubs at `github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs/bitswap` because users then transitively import `github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs/bitswap/server`. Boxo versions 0.6.0 and 0.4.1 contain a patch for this issue. As a workaround, those who are using the stub object at `github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs/bitswap` not taking advantage of the features provided by the server can refactor their code to use the new split API that will allow them to run in a client only mode: `github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs/bitswap/client`.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 53.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
ipfs/go-libipfs 0.5.0 - 0.6.0Go
protocol/boxo 0.4.0
protocol/boxo 0.5.0
Published May 10, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026