VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-5232
A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness.
HIGH 8.7EPSS 1.18%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A user who owns an ENS domain can set a trapdoor, allowing them to transfer ownership to another user, and later regain ownership without the new owners consent or awareness. A new ENS deployment is being rolled out that fixes this vulnerability in the ENS registry.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-285
- Affected
- ens.domains/ethereum name service
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens/commit/36e10e71fcddcade88646821e0a57cc6c19e1ecfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens/security/advisories/GHSA-8f9f-pc5v-9r5hThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens/commit/36e10e71fcddcade88646821e0a57cc6c19e1ecfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens/security/advisories/GHSA-8f9f-pc5v-9r5hThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.