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CVE-2026-33040: Gossipsub PRUNE.backoff Duration Overflow

March 18, 2026 (updated March 20, 2026)

The Rust libp2p Gossipsub implementation accepts attacker-controlled PRUNE backoff values and may perform unchecked time arithmetic when storing backoff state. A specially crafted PRUNE control message with an extremely large backoff (e.g. u64::MAX) can lead to Duration/Instant overflow during backoff update logic, triggering a panic in the networking state machine. This is remotely reachable over a normal libp2p connection and does not require authentication.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-gc42-3jg7-rxr2
  • github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p
  • github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-gc42-3jg7-rxr2
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33040

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.49.3

Fixed versions

  • 0.49.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.49.3 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-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Source file

cargo/libp2p-gossipsub/CVE-2026-33040.yml

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