CVE-2021-39167

CRITICAL

Openzeppelin Contracts < 3.4.2 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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