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GHSA-hrhf-2vcr-ghch: CometBFT's invalid BitArray handling can lead to network halt

October 14, 2025 (updated November 10, 2025)

Name: ASA-2025-003: Invalid BitArray handling can lead to network halt Criticality: High (Considerable Impact; Possible Likelihood per ACMv1.2) Affected versions: <= v0.38.18, <= v0.37.15, and main development branches Affected users: Validators, Full nodes, Users

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrhf-2vcr-ghch
  • github.com/cometbft/cometbft
  • github.com/cometbft/cometbft/commit/be5677c3e58f998b7f67bb6186dd2c9b81a041a1
  • github.com/cometbft/cometbft/commit/dcb1f265b59477be40804f7ccdc4fb30612d6a4f
  • github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/tag/v0.37.16
  • github.com/cometbft/cometbft/releases/tag/v0.38.19
  • github.com/cometbft/cometbft/security/advisories/GHSA-hrhf-2vcr-ghch

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.37.16, all versions starting from 0.38.0-alpha.1 before 0.38.19

Fixed versions

  • 0.37.16
  • 0.38.19

Solution

Upgrade to versions 0.37.16, 0.38.19 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-228: Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure

Source file

go/github.com/cometbft/cometbft/GHSA-hrhf-2vcr-ghch.yml

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