Improper Authentication Affecting @account-kit/smart-contracts package, versions >=4.42.0 <4.52.0
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- published23 Jul 2025
- disclosed21 Jul 2025
- creditcarlos-cow
Introduced: 21 Jul 2025
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade @account-kit/smart-contracts to version 4.52.0 or higher.
Overview
@account-kit/smart-contracts is an aa-sdk compatible interfaces for Alchemy Smart Accounts
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication via the function createModularAccountV2 in the ma-v2/account/modularAccountV2.ts file. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by exploiting insufficient authentication checks during the creation of new accounts from the factory.