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CVE-2022-35916

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-35916 affects OpenZeppelin Contracts, specifically versions utilizing the cross-chain utilities for Arbitrum L2, where direct EOA interactions are incorrectly classified as cross-chain calls. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low attack complexity and potential for low integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to patched version 4.7.2 as no workarounds exist.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.6.0, < 4.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 4.6.0, < 4.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts_upgradeable:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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: 4.7.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeableFixed in: 4.7.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-9j3m-g383-29qrmedium

OpenZeppelin Contracts's Cross chain utilities for Arbitrum L2 see EOA calls as cross chain calls

Aug 14, 2022

References

github.com / OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/pull/3578
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-9j3m-g383-29qr
Third Party Advisory