Vulnerability in Openzeppelin Contracts

CVE-2022-39384

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.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39384?
CVE-2022-39384 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openzeppelin Contracts, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2022-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-39384?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.