CVE-2023-30542 (GCVE-0-2023-30542)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-16 07:10 – Updated: 2025-02-06 16:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
GovernorCompatibilityBravo may trim proposal calldata
Summary
OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. The proposal creation entrypoint (`propose`) in `GovernorCompatibilityBravo` allows the creation of proposals with a `signatures` array shorter than the `calldatas` array. This causes the additional elements of the latter to be ignored, and if the proposal succeeds the corresponding actions would eventually execute without any calldata. The `ProposalCreated` event correctly represents what will eventually execute, but the proposal parameters as queried through `getActions` appear to respect the original intended calldata. This issue has been patched in 4.8.3. As a workaround, ensure that all proposals that pass through governance have equal length `signatures` and `calldatas` parameters.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-06 16:05 UTC
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-cont… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-cont… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenZeppelin | openzeppelin-contracts |
Affected:
>= 4.3.0, < 4.8.3
|
guessed |
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