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High · 8.7 CVE-2020-5232 EUVD-2020-0255GHSA-8f9f-pc5v-9r5h

Ethereum Name Service - Malicious takeover of previously owned ENS names

Published Jan 30, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ensdomains @ensdomains/ens < 0.4.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @ensdomains/ens < 0.4.0 0.4.0 GHSA-8f9f-pc5v-9r5h

References