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GHSA-9c22-pwxw-p6hx

MediumCVSS 5.6 / 10
Published Dec 14, 2021·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Initializer functions that are invoked separate from contract creation (the most prominent example being minimal proxies) may be reentered if they make an untrusted non-view external call.

Once an initializer has finished running it can never be re-executed. However, an exception put in place to support multiple inheritance made reentrancy possible in the scenario described above, breaking the expectation that there is a single execution.

Note that upgradeable proxies are commonly initialized together with contract creation, where reentrancy is not feasible, so the impact of this issue is believed to be minor.

Patches

A fix is included in the version v4.4.1 of @openzeppelin/contracts and @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable.

Workarounds

Avoid untrusted external calls during initialization.

References

https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/pull/3006

Credits

This issue was identified and reported by @chaitinblockchain through our bug bounty on Immunefi.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, or need assistance executing the mitigation, email us at security@openzeppelin.com.

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.6

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a low impact on the integrity of the data. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.1

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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