# CVE-2023-34458: mx-chain-go's relayed transactions always increment nonce

- Also known as: GO-2023-1912, GHSA-J494-7X2V-VVVP
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.17
- Published: 2023-07-13 · Updated: 2024-10-22

## Affected

- multiversx mx-chain-go: fixed in 1.4.17
- github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go (Go): fixed in 1.4.17

## Description

mx-chain-go is the official implementation of the MultiversX blockchain protocol, written in golang. When executing a relayed transaction, if the inner transaction failed, it would have increased the inner transaction's sender account nonce. This could have contributed to a limited DoS attack on a targeted account. The fix is a breaking change so a new flag `RelayedNonceFixEnableEpoch` was needed. This was a strict processing issue while validating blocks on a chain. This vulnerability has been patched in version 1.4.17.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on multiversx mx-chain-go, github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.17) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/security/advisories/GHSA-j494-7x2v-vvvp
- https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/commit/babdb144f1316ab6176bf3dbd7d4621120414d43
- https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/blob/babdb144f1316ab6176bf3dbd7d4621120414d43/integrationTests/vm/txsFee/relayedMoveBalance_test.go#LL165C14-L165C14
- https://github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-go/releases/tag/v1.4.17

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