GHSA-RJ53-J6JW-7F7G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-08 19:09 – Updated: 2025-07-08 19:09
VLAI
Summary
Babylon vulnerable to chain halt when a message modifies the validator set at the epoch boundary
Details
Summary
Sending a message that modifies the validator set at the epoch boundary halts the chain.
Impact
Denial of Service - Comos-sdk prevents modifying the validator set from two different modules - https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/release/v0.50.x/types/module/module.go#L811. Such an operation leads to panic and chain halt.
Detailed Post mortem
https://boiling-lake-106.notion.site/2025-06-18-Genesis-mainnet-chain-halt-post-mortem-229f60cc1b5f80b7adf5e3ea0541ea87
Severity
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon/v2"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "2.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.1.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-754"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-08T19:09:11Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Summary\n\nSending a message that modifies the validator set at the epoch boundary halts the chain.\n\n### Impact\n\nDenial of Service - Comos-sdk prevents modifying the validator set from two different modules - https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/release/v0.50.x/types/module/module.go#L811. Such an operation leads to panic and chain halt.\n\n### Detailed Post mortem\n\nhttps://boiling-lake-106.notion.site/2025-06-18-Genesis-mainnet-chain-halt-post-mortem-229f60cc1b5f80b7adf5e3ea0541ea87",
"id": "GHSA-rj53-j6jw-7f7g",
"modified": "2025-07-08T19:09:11Z",
"published": "2025-07-08T19:09:11Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon/security/advisories/GHSA-rj53-j6jw-7f7g"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon/pull/1244/files"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://boiling-lake-106.notion.site/2025-06-18-Babylon-Genesis-Chain-Halt-Post-Mortem-229f60cc1b5f80b7adf5e3ea0541ea87"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon/releases/tag/v2.1.0"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Babylon vulnerable to chain halt when a message modifies the validator set at the epoch boundary"
}
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