CVE-2025-70956
HIGHTON Virtual Machine < v2025.04 - State Pollution via Non-Atomic Child VM Initialization
Title source: llmDescription
A State Pollution vulnerability was discovered in the TON Virtual Machine (TVM) before v2025.04. The issue exists in the RUNVM instruction logic (VmState::run_child_vm), which is responsible for initializing child virtual machines. The operation moves critical resources (specifically libraries and log) from the parent state to a new child state in a non-atomic manner. If an Out-of-Gas (OOG) exception occurs after resources are moved but before the state transition is finalized, the parent VM retains a corrupted state where these resources are emptied/invalid. Because RUNVM supports gas isolation, the parent VM continues execution with this corrupted state, leading to unexpected behavior or denial of service within the contract's context.
References (4)
Core 3Other ecosystem 1
Core References
Other Ecosystem Writeups (1)
Various Sources
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ZD35baKUikefFdtNHZIC9g
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1321
Status
published
Published
Feb 13, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026