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CVE-2023-34234: Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

June 7, 2023 (updated June 15, 2023)

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.

References

  • github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/commit/d9474327a492f9f310f31bc53f38dbea56ed9a57
  • github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-5h3x-9wvq-w4m2
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34234

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.3.0 before 4.9.1

Fixed versions

  • 4.9.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.9.1 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-340: Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers

Source file

npm/@openzeppelin/contracts/CVE-2023-34234.yml

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