CVE-2022-39384 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-39384: OpenZeppelin Contracts initializer reentrancy may lead to double initialization

Vendor Openzeppelin
Product openzeppelin-contracts
Weakness CWE-665
Published November 4, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025

CVSS base score

5.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Before version 4.4.1 but after 3.2.0, initializer functions that are invoked separate from contract creation (the most prominent example being minimal proxies) may be reentered if they make an untrusted non-view external call. Once an initializer has finished running it can never be re-executed. However, an exception put in place to support multiple inheritance made reentrancy possible in the scenario described above, breaking the expectation that there is a single execution. Note that upgradeable proxies are commonly initialized together with contract creation, where reentrancy is not feasible, so the impact of this issue is believed to be minor. This issue has been patched, please upgrade to version 4.4.1. As a workaround, avoid untrusted external calls during initialization.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 4, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated