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CVE-2021-42766

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CVE-2021-42766

Published: Oct 20, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (long-range consensus chain reorganizations), even when this adversary has little stake and cannot influence network message propagation. This can cause a protocol stall, or an increase in the profits of individual validators.

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