What is CVE-2022-35916?

CVE-2022-35916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openzeppelin Contracts, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-35916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openzeppelin Contracts

CVE-2022-35916

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Contracts using the cross chain utilities for Arbitrum L2, `CrossChainEnabledArbitrumL2` or `LibArbitrumL2`, will classify direct interactions of externally owned accounts (EOAs) as cross chain calls, even though they are not started on L1. This issue has been patched in v4.7.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

EPSS: 0.005 (39.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openzeppelin Contracts
Openzeppelin Contracts_upgradeable
Openzeppelin Openzeppelin-contracts — versions >= 4.6.0, < 4.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-669 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-35916?: CVE-2022-35916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openzeppelin Contracts, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-35916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.