Access Control Bypass Affecting github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth package, versions >=0.46.0 <0.46.13>=0.47.0 <0.47.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCOSMOSCOSMOSSDKXAUTH-5768718
  • published9 Jul 2023
  • disclosed7 Jul 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jul 2023

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth to version 0.46.13, 0.47.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass in PeriodicVestingAccount , where an attacker can initialize a victim's account as a malicious vesting account, which allows deposits but does not allow withdrawals. When the user then deposits funds into their account, those funds are locked forever, and the user is not able to withdraw them.

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