Security Advisory
CVE-2021-42764
9.1
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (delayed consensus decisions), and also increase the profits of individual validators, via short-range reorganizations of the underlying consensus chain.
Published Date
October 20, 2021
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory