# CVE-2023-23940: OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo is vulnerable to signature validation bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-626Q-V9J4-MCP4, PYSEC-2023-39
- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.1
- Published: 2023-02-03 · Updated: 2025-03-10

## Affected

- OpenZeppelin cairo-contracts: from 0.2.0, fixed in 0.6.1
- openzeppelin-cairo-contracts (PyPI): from 0.2.0, fixed in 0.6.1

## Description

OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo is a library for secure smart contract development written in Cairo for StarkNet, a decentralized ZK Rollup. `is_valid_eth_signature` is missing a call to `finalize_keccak` after calling `verify_eth_signature`. As a result, any contract using `is_valid_eth_signature` from the account library (such as the `EthAccount` preset) is vulnerable to a malicious sequencer. Specifically, the malicious sequencer would be able to bypass signature validation to impersonate an instance of these accounts. The issue has been patched in 0.6.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenZeppelin cairo-contracts, openzeppelin-cairo-contracts, upgrade to a fixed version (0.6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-626q-v9j4-mcp4
- https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/cairo-contracts/pull/542/commits/6d4cb750478fca2fd916f73297632f899aca9299

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