GHSA-3fp5-2xwh-fxm6 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: go — Evmos transaction execution not accounting for all state transition after interaction with precompiles
Evmos is a scalable, high-throughput Proof-of-Stake EVM blockchain that is fully compatible and interoperable with Ethereum. Prior to 17.0.0, there is a way to mint arbitrary tokens due to the possibility to have two different states not in sync during the execution of a transaction. The exploit is based on the fact that to sync the Cosmos SDK state and the EVM one, we rely on the `stateDB.Commit()` method. When we call this method, we iterate though all the `dirtyStorage` and, **if and only if** it is different than the `originStorage`, we set the new state. Setting the new state means we update the Cosmos SDK KVStore. If a contract storage state that is the same before and after a transaction, but is changed during the transaction and can call an external contract after the change, it can be exploited to make the transaction similar to non-atomic. The vulnerability is **critical** since this could lead to drain of funds through creative SC interactions. The issue has been patched in versions >=V17.0.0.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-32644 is rated Moderate Risk (60.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.62%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
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| 1 | 2025-11-21 | 0.97% | 0.62% | -0.35% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 0.62% | 0.97% | +0.35% |
| 3 | 2025-07-23 | — | 0.62% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 9.1 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.2 | [email protected] |
| 9.1 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.2 | [email protected] |
GHSA-3fp5-2xwh-fxm6 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: go — Evmos transaction execution not accounting for all state transition after interaction with precompiles