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CVE-2022-31198

Published: 01/08/2022 Updated: 06/12/2022
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. This issue concerns instances of Governor that use the module `GovernorVotesQuorumFraction`, a mechanism that determines quorum requirements as a percentage of the voting token's total supply. In affected instances, when a proposal is passed to lower the quorum requirements, past proposals may become executable if they had been defeated only due to lack of quorum, and the number of votes it received meets the new quorum requirement. Analysis of instances on chain found only one proposal that met this condition, and we are actively monitoring for new occurrences of this particular issue. This issue has been patched in v4.7.2. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should consider avoiding lowering quorum requirements if a past proposal was defeated for lack of quorum.

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Forta detection bot to alert about changes in quorum quantity in a Governor contract

Governance Quorum Change Agent Bot ID 0xb4e40907 Description This agent detects when a proposal is created to lower the quorum and it will be affected by CVE-2022-31198 Supported Chains Ethereum Optimism BSC Polygon Avalanche Alerts GOVERNOR-QUORUM-UPDATE-PROPOSAL-1 Fired when a a proposal was created to lower the quorum numerator Only fires when a contract has a bug af