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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2022-35915 json

Unbounded gas consumption in @openzeppelin/contracts

published 2022-08-01 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7grf-83vw-6f5x , EUVD-2022-6503

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. The target contract of an EIP-165 `supportsInterface` query can cause unbounded gas consumption by returning a lot of data, while it is generally assumed that this operation has a bounded cost. The issue has been fixed 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

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% 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:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm @openzeppelin/contracts
>=2.0.0, <4.7.2
4.7.2
npm openzeppelin-solidity
>=2.0.0, <=4.6.0
 no fix listed
npm @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable
>=3.2.0, <4.7.2
4.7.2
npm openzeppelin-eth
>=2.0.0, <=2.2.0
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • OpenZeppelin openzeppelin-contracts

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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.