CVE-2023-40014 — OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to version 4.9.3, contracts using `ERC2771Context` along with a custom trusted forwarder may see `_msgSender` return `address(0)` in calls that originate from the forwar

01What is this vulnerability?

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to version 4.9.3, contracts using `ERC2771Context` along with a custom trusted forwarder may see `_msgSender` return `address(0)` in calls that originate from the forwarder with calldata shorter than 20 bytes. This combination of circumstances does not appear to be common, in particular…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenZeppelin	openzeppelin	contracts — >= 4.0.0, < 4.9.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-08-10T19:52:55.699Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-03T14:58:56.494Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-…
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/pull/4481
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/pull/4484
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/commit/9445f96223041abf2b…
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/commit/e4435eed757d430943…
• github.com — https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/releases/tag/v4.9.3