# CVE-2023-30542: GovernorCompatibilityBravo may trim proposal calldata

- Also known as: GHSA-93HQ-5WGC-JC82
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.8.3
- Published: 2023-04-16 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- OpenZeppelin openzeppelin-contracts: from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.8.3
- @openzeppelin/contracts (npm): from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.8.3
- @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable (npm): from 4.3.0, fixed in 4.8.3

## Description

OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development. The proposal creation entrypoint (`propose`) in `GovernorCompatibilityBravo` allows the creation of proposals with a `signatures` array shorter than the `calldatas` array. This causes the additional elements of the latter to be ignored, and if the proposal succeeds the corresponding actions would eventually execute without any calldata. The `ProposalCreated` event correctly represents what will eventually execute, but the proposal parameters as queried through `getActions` appear to respect the original intended calldata. This issue has been patched in 4.8.3. As a workaround, ensure that all proposals that pass through governance have equal length `signatures` and `calldatas` parameters.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenZeppelin openzeppelin-contracts, @openzeppelin/contracts, @openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable, upgrade to a fixed version (4.8.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-93hq-5wgc-jc82
- https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-contracts/releases/tag/v4.8.3

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