Governor proposal creation may be blocked by frontrunning in OpenZeppelin (OpenZeppelin openzeppelin-contracts)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.60 % · percentile 48 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for smart contract development. By frontrunning the creation of a proposal, an attacker can become the proposer and gain the ability to cancel it. The attacker can do this repeatedly to try to prevent a proposal from being proposed at all. This impacts the `Governor` contract in v4.9.0 only, and the `GovernorCompatibilityBravo` contract since v4.3.0. This problem has been patched in 4.9.1 by introducing opt-in frontrunning protection. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may submit the proposal creation transaction to an endpoint with frontrunning protection as a workaround.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-5h3x-9wvq-w4m2 — OpenZeppelin Contracts's governor proposal creation may be blocked by frontrunning
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-1704
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-34234
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 4.3.0 < 4.9.1cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts_upgradeable:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 4.3.0 < 4.9.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| OpenZeppelin · openzeppelin-contracts | affected >=4.3.0, < 4.9.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |