GHSA-x5vx-95h7-rv4p

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5vx-95h7-rv4p

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/02/GHSA-x5vx-95h7-rv4p/GHSA-x5vx-95h7-rv4p.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-x5vx-95h7-rv4p

Published

2025-02-20T20:18:25Z

Modified

2025-02-20T20:18:25Z

Severity

8.7 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Cosmos SDK: Groups module can halt chain when handling a malicious proposal

Details

Name: ASA-2025-003: Groups module can halt chain when handling a malicious proposal Component: CosmosSDK Criticality: High (Considerable Impact; Likely Likelihood per ACMv1.2) Affected versions: <= v0.47.15, <= 0.50.11 Affected users: Validators, Full nodes, Users on chains that utilize the groups module

Description

An issue was discovered in the groups module where a malicious proposal would result in a division by zero, and subsequently halt a chain due to the resulting error. Any user that can interact with the groups module can introduce this state.

Patches

The new Cosmos SDK release v0.50.12 and v0.47.16 fix this issue.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds for this issue. It is advised that chains apply the update.

Timeline

February 9, 2025, 5:18pm PST: Issue reported to the Cosmos Bug Bounty program
February 9, 2025, 8:12am PST: Issue triaged by Amulet on-call, and distributed to Core team
February 9, 2025, 12:25pm PST: Core team completes validation of issue
February 18, 2025, 8:00am PST / 17:00 CET: Pre-notification delivered
February 20, 2025, 8:00am PST / 17:00 CET: Patch made available

This issue was reported to the Cosmos Bug Bounty Program by dongsam on HackerOne on February 9, 2025. If you believe you have found a bug in the Interchain Stack or would like to contribute to the program by reporting a bug, please see https://hackerone.com/cosmos.

If you have questions about Interchain security efforts, please reach out to our official communication channel at security@interchain.io. For more information about the Interchain Foundation’s engagement with Amulet, and to sign up for security notification emails, please see https://github.com/interchainio/security.

A Github Security Advisory for this issue is available in the Cosmos SDK repository.

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-369"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-02-20T20:18:25Z"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk

Package

Name: github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.47.16-ics-lsm

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 0.47.15"
}

Go / github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk

Package

Name: github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.50.0-alpha.0

Fixed

0.50.12

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 0.50.11"
}