CVE-2022-35961: ECDSA signature malleability in OpenZeppelin Contracts

Published Aug 14, 2022
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Updated

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. The functions ECDSA.recover and ECDSA.tryRecover are vulnerable to a kind of signature malleability due to accepting EIP-2098 compact signatures in addition to the traditional 65 byte signature format. This is only an issue for the functions that take a single bytes argument, and not the functions that take r, v, s or r, vs as separate arguments. The potentially affected contracts are those that implement signature reuse or replay protection by marking the signature itself as used rather than the signed message or a nonce included in it. A user may take a signature that has already been submitted, submit it again in a different form, and bypass this protection. The issue has been patched in 4.7.3.

Affected Software

2 affected components
OpenZeppelin Contracts Node.js>=4.1.0<4.7.3
OpenZeppelin Contracts Upgradeable Node.js>=4.1.0<4.7.3

Event History

Aug 14, 2022
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:05 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:05 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Aug 15, 2022
Data Sourced
via NVD·11:21 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of this issue?

This issue has the vulnerability ID CVE-2022-35961.

2

What is OpenZeppelin Contracts?

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development.

3

Which functions are vulnerable?

The functions ECDSA.recover and ECDSA.tryRecover are vulnerable.

4

What is the cause of the vulnerability?

The vulnerability is caused by accepting EIP-2098 compact signatures in addition to the traditional 65 byte signature format.

5

What versions of OpenZeppelin Contracts are affected?

Versions 4.1.0 through 4.7.3 of OpenZeppelin Contracts are affected.

6

What is the severity of this vulnerability?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of 6.5 (high).

7

What is the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) ID for this vulnerability?

The CWE ID for this vulnerability is 354.

8

How can I fix this vulnerability?

To fix this vulnerability, update to OpenZeppelin Contracts version 4.7.3 or higher.

9

Where can I find more information about this vulnerability?

You can find more information about this vulnerability in the following references: [Reference 1](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/pull/3610), [Reference 2](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/releases/tag/v4.7.3), [Reference 3](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-4h98-2769-gh6h).

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