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CVE-2023-23940

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23940 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo, specifically within the `is_valid_eth_signature` function. A missing call to `finalize_keccak` allows a malicious sequencer to bypass signature validation, enabling impersonation of accounts utilizing this function, such as those based on the `EthAccount` preset. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high complexity and potential for high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.2.0, < 0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openzeppelin:contracts:*:*:*:*:*:cairo:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: openzeppelin-cairo-contractsFixed in: 0.6.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-626q-v9j4-mcp4medium

OpenZeppelin Contracts contains Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Feb 2, 2023

References

github.com / OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/pull/542/commits/6d4cb750478fca2fd916f73297632f899aca9299
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-626q-v9j4-mcp4
Third Party Advisory