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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-12821

CVE-2020-12821

Description

Gossipsub 1.0 does not properly resist invalid message spam, such as an eclipse attack or a sybil attack.

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Affected products

2

Gossipsub/Gossipsubdescription
Libp2p/gossipsubllm-create
Range: <=1.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

5

github.com/ipfs/blog/pull/450nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmPWuNBs8h6a8KamRvGqhTq5UDYJRQsEEy37zDKjujQQQm/Gossipsub%20Evaluation%20Report.pdfnvdExploitVendor Advisory
bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/61151/eclipse-attack-vs-sybil-attacknvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/gossipsub-v1.1.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/pubsub/gossipsubnvdThird Party Advisory

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