What is CVE-2024-37159?

CVE-2024-37159 is a low-severity vulnerability in Evmos, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2024-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2024-37159?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Evmos

CVE-2024-37159

Evmos is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) Hub on the Cosmos Network. This vulnerability allowed a user to create a validator using vested tokens to deposit the self-bond. This vulnerability is fixed in 18.0.0.

Published 2024-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Evmos — versions < 18.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-285 — Improper Authorization

References

github.com/evmos/evmos/security/advisories/GHSA-pxv8-qhrh-jc7v (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/evmos/evmos/commit/b2a09ca66613d8b04decd3f2dcba8e1e77709dcb (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-37159?: CVE-2024-37159 is a low-severity vulnerability in Evmos, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2024-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2024-37159?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.