CVE-2023-40014 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-40014: OpenZeppelin Contracts's ERC2771Context with custom forwarder may lead to zero-valued _msgSender

Vendor Openzeppelin
Product openzeppelin-contracts
Weakness CWE-116
Published August 10, 2023
Last update October 3, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to version 4.9.3, contracts using `ERC2771Context` along with a custom trusted forwarder may see `_msgSender` return `address(0)` in calls that originate from the forwarder with calldata shorter than 20 bytes. This combination of circumstances does not appear to be common, in particular it is not the case for `MinimalForwarder` from OpenZeppelin Contracts, or any deployed forwarder the team is aware of, given that the signer address is appended to all calls that originate from these forwarders. The problem has been patched in v4.9.3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 10, 2023 CVE published
October 3, 2024 Record updated