CVE-2021-39167
CRITICALOpenzeppelin Contracts < 3.4.2 - Improper Privilege Management
Title source: ruleDescription
OpenZepplin is a library for smart contract development. In affected versions a vulnerability in TimelockController allowed an actor with the executor role to escalate privileges. Further details about the vulnerability will be disclosed at a later date. As a workaround revoke the executor role from accounts not strictly under the team's control. We recommend revoking all executors that are not also proposers. When applying this mitigation, ensure there is at least one proposer and executor remaining.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/commit/cec4f2ef57495d8b1742d62846da212515d99dd5
Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#431
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-fg47-3c2x-m2wr
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.0044
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
openzeppelin/contracts
3.3.0 - 3.4.2
openzeppelin/contracts
4.0.0 - 4.3.1npm
Published
Aug 27, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026