CVE-2021-39168

TimelockController vulnerability in OpenZeppelin Contracts

State
Published
Severity
10.0 Critical
Published
Aug 26, 2021
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Aug 16, 2021

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Description

OpenZepplin is a library for smart contract development. In affected versions a vulnerability in TimelockController allowed an actor with the executor role to escalate privileges. Further details about the vulnerability will be disclosed at a later date. As a workaround revoke the executor role from accounts not strictly under the team's control. We recommend revoking all executors that are not also proposers. When applying this mitigation, ensure there is at least one proposer and executor remaining.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.110.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeableOpenZeppelin
  • >=4.0.0, < 4.3.1Affected
  • >=3.3.0, < 3.4.2Affected
  • >= 3.3.0-solc-0.7, < 3.4.2-solc-0.7Affected

References

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