CVE-2022-35916 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-35916

Cross chain utilities for Arbitrum L2 see EOA calls as cross chain calls

Vulnerability Description

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. Contracts using the cross chain utilities for Arbitrum L2, `CrossChainEnabledArbitrumL2` or `LibArbitrumL2`, will classify direct interactions of externally owned accounts (EOAs) as cross chain calls, even though they are not started on L1. This issue has been patched in v4.7.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

OpenZeppelin

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Affected Software

openzeppelin-contracts
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 4.6.0, < 4.7.2

Timeline

Official Publish: August 1st, 2022
Last Modified: April 23rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-669

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.