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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-4300

A vulnerability has been found in ghostlander Halcyon and classified as critical.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.66%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in ghostlander Halcyon and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function CBlock::AddToBlockIndex of the file src/main.cpp of the component Block Verification. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.1.1.0-hal is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 0675b25ae9cc10b5fdc8ea3a32c642979762d45e. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217417 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.66% probability · 50th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
halcyon project/halcyon
Source
cna@vuldb.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.