Improper Input Validation Affecting @openzeppelin/contracts package, versions >=4.3.0 <4.8.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-OPENZEPPELINCONTRACTS-5425051
  • published 16 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 16 Apr 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade @openzeppelin/contracts to version 4.8.3 or higher.

Overview

@openzeppelin/contracts is a library for contract development.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to missing signatures length validation of the proposal creation entry point (propose) in GovernorCompatibilityBravo, which allows the creation of proposals with a signatures array shorter than the calldatas array. This causes the additional elements of the latter to be ignored, and if the proposal succeeds, the corresponding actions would eventually execute without any calldata. The ProposalCreated event correctly represents what will eventually execute, but the proposal parameters as queried through getActions appear to respect the originally intended calldata.

Workaround

Ensure that all proposals that pass through governance have equal length signatures and calldatas parameters.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

8.8 high