Vulnerabilites related to Ethereum - RLPx
CVE-2015-20112 (GCVE-0-2015-20112)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-29 00:00
Modified
2025-06-30 15:44
CWE
  • CWE-325 - Missing Cryptographic Step
Summary
RLPx 5 has two CTR streams based on the same key, IV, and nonce. This can facilitate decryption on a private network.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Ethereum RLPx Version: 5   <
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