CVE-2021-39168 — Improper Privilege Management in Contracts
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 27
Latest updateNov 14
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 rema…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5openzeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable>= 3.3.0-solc-0.7, < 3.4.2-solc-0.7, >=3.3.0, < 3.4.2, >=4.0.0, < 4.3.1+2