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CVE-2021-41264

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41264 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenZeppelin Contracts, a library for smart contract development. Specifically, upgradeable contracts utilizing UUPSUpgradeable may be susceptible to an attack if their implementation contracts are left uninitialized. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a severe risk with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, users are advised to upgrade to version 4.3.2 or initialize implementation contracts as a mitigation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.1.0, < 4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @openzeppelin/contractsFixed in: 4.3.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeableFixed in: 4.3.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-5vp3-v4hc-gx76critical

UUPSUpgradeable vulnerability in @openzeppelin/contracts

Sep 15, 2021

References

forum.openzeppelin.com / t/security-advisory-initialize-uups-implementation-contracts/15301
Issue TrackingMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/commit/024cc50df478d2e8f78539819749e94d6df60592
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-5vp3-v4hc-gx76
Third Party Advisory