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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2022-35916 json

Cross chain utilities for Arbitrum L2 see EOA calls as cross chain calls

published 2022-08-01 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-9j3m-g383-29qr , EUVD-2022-6524

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Contracts using the cross chain utilities for Arbitrum L2, `CrossChainEnabledArbitrumL2` or `LibArbitrumL2`, will classify direct interactions of externally owned accounts (EOAs) as cross chain calls, even though they are not started on L1. This issue has been patched in v4.7.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Patch / fix

  • npm @openzeppelin/contracts 4.7.2
  • npm @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable 4.7.2
  • openzeppelin contracts 4.7.2
  • openzeppelin contracts_upgradeable 4.7.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @openzeppelin/contracts
>=4.6.0, <4.7.2
4.7.2
npm @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable
>=4.6.0, <4.7.2
4.7.2

Affected products

  • OpenZeppelin openzeppelin-contracts

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-669 Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.