anoma/namada · Security

Namada-apps can Crash with Excessive Computation in Mempool Validation

GHSA ID
GHSA-82vg-5v4f-f9wq
Severity
critical
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
9.2 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

Description

Impact

A malicious transaction may cause a crash in mempool validation.

A transaction with authorization section containing 256 public keys or more with valid matching signatures triggers an integer overflow in signature verification that causes a the node to panic.

Patches

This issue has been patched in apps version 1.1.0. The mempool validation has been fixed to avoid overflow.

Workarounds

There are no workarounds and users are advised to upgrade.

CWEs

References