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CVE-2024-45304
Starknet Cairo-Contracts Unauthenticated Ownership Transfer Vulnerability
Description

Cairo-Contracts are OpenZeppelin Contracts written in Cairo for Starknet, a decentralized ZK Rollup. This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized ownership transfer, contrary to the original owner's intention of leaving the contract without an owner. It introduces a security risk where an unintended party (pending owner) can gain control of the contract after the original owner has renounced ownership. This could also be used by a malicious owner to simulate leaving a contract without an owner, to later regain ownership by previously having proposed himself as a pending owner. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.16.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 31, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 19, 2024, 5:26 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-45304 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openzeppelin contracts
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/commit/ef87d7847980e0cf83f4b7f3ff23e6590fb643ec Patch
https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/releases/tag/v0.16.0 Release Notes
https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-w2px-25pm-2cf9 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-45304 vulnerability over time.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/commit/ef87d7847980e0cf83f4b7f3ff23e6590fb643ec No Types Assigned https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/commit/ef87d7847980e0cf83f4b7f3ff23e6590fb643ec Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/releases/tag/v0.16.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/releases/tag/v0.16.0 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-w2px-25pm-2cf9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-w2px-25pm-2cf9 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-670
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts:*:*:*:*:*:cairo:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.16.0
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Cairo-Contracts are OpenZeppelin Contracts written in Cairo for Starknet, a decentralized ZK Rollup. This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized ownership transfer, contrary to the original owner's intention of leaving the contract without an owner. It introduces a security risk where an unintended party (pending owner) can gain control of the contract after the original owner has renounced ownership. This could also be used by a malicious owner to simulate leaving a contract without an owner, to later regain ownership by previously having proposed himself as a pending owner. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.16.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-w2px-25pm-2cf9 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/commit/ef87d7847980e0cf83f4b7f3ff23e6590fb643ec [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/releases/tag/v0.16.0 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-670
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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