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CVE-2020-11090: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Indy Node

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

In Indy Node 1.12.2, there is an Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability. Indy Node has a bug in TAA handling code. The current primary can be crashed with a malformed transaction from a client, which leads to a view change. Repeated rapid view changes have the potential of bringing down the network. This is fixed in version 1.12.3.

Affected products

• hyperledger indy-node: 1.12.2

References

• https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1123
• https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/security/advisories/GHSA-3gw4-m5w7-v89c
• https://pypi.org/project/indy-node/1.12.3/
• https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1123
• https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/security/advisories/GHSA-3gw4-m5w7-v89c
• https://pypi.org/project/indy-node/1.12.3/

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