ContractsApplication · Openzeppelin

CVE-2023-26488

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-03-03
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.8.2 or later.
See remediation →
71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. The ERC721Consecutive contract designed for minting NFTs in batches does not update balances when a batch has size 1 and consists of a single token. Subsequent transfers from the receiver of that token may overflow the balance as reported by `balanceOf`. The issue exclusively presents with batches of size 1. The issue has been patched in 4.8.2.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ContractsApplication
Affected:>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.2
Contracts UpgradeableApplication
Affected:>= 4.8.0, < 4.8.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.8.2 or later
Fixed in 4.8.2
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

4.8.2

  1. Update the OpenZeppelin Contracts dependency in your package.json or package-lock.json to version 4.8.2
  2. Run 'npm install' or 'yarn install' to fetch the fixed version
  3. Re-run 'npm install' or 'compile' to ensure updated bytecode is included in your build artifacts
  4. Re-deploy affected contracts that use ERC721Consecutive to your target networks (testnet first, then mainnet)
  5. Verify the fix by testing that balanceOf returns correct values after minting single-token batches
  6. Ensure your test suite covers the batch size 1 scenario to prevent regression
Caveat Minor: Patch includes balance tracking fix; verify no custom overrides to _mintConsecutive are affected

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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