CVE-2020-5232GHSA-8F9F-PC5V-9R5H
Ethereum Name Service - Malicious takeover of previously owned ENS names
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 0.4.0
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- ensdomains @ensdomains/ens
fixed in 0.4.0
- @ensdomains/ensnpm
fixed in 0.4.0