CVE-2023-44378 HIGH

CVE-2023-44378: gnark vulnerable to unsoundness in variable comparison/non-unique binary decomposition

Vendor Consensys
Product gnark
Weakness CWE-191
Published October 9, 2023
Last update September 19, 2024

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

gnark is a zk-SNARK library that offers a high-level API to design circuits. Prior to version 0.9.0, for some in-circuit values, it is possible to construct two valid decomposition to bits. In addition to the canonical decomposition of `a`, for small values there exists a second decomposition for `a+r` (where `r` is the modulus the values are being reduced by). The second decomposition was possible due to overflowing the field where the values are defined. Upgrading to version 0.9.0 should fix the issue without needing to change the calls to value comparison methods.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 9, 2023 CVE published
September 19, 2024 Record updated