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Description

Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in ZenHive mpp allows an unauthenticated remote client to drain the fee-payer wallet, resulting in denial of service for legitimate clients.

When the mpp Elixir library is configured as fee payer (fee_payer: true), the MPP.Methods.Tempo payment method co-signs and broadcasts a client-supplied EVM transaction without first validating that the client-supplied gas_limit is sufficient to complete the intended call. A malicious client can submit a signed transferWithMemo transaction with gas_limit deliberately set just below the amount required for successful execution. The server co-signs the transaction and broadcasts it via rpc_broadcast_sync. The transaction runs out of gas during EVM execution and reverts, but the fee-payer wallet is still charged for the burned gas while the client pays nothing and receives no resource. Repeated requests from one or more malicious clients drain the fee-payer wallet at near-zero cost to the attacker, ultimately preventing the server from sponsoring gas for legitimate payment requests.

The wait_for_confirmation = false (optimistic) path is also affected: it invokes simulate_payment_call via eth_call, but that simulation omits the gas parameter and therefore does not catch out-of-gas conditions.

This issue affects mpp: from 0.2.0 before 0.6.0.

Weaknesses & attack patterns

Weakness

CWE-1284 · Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in catalog → MITRE ↗

Attack patterns

CAPEC-130 · Excessive Allocation MITRE ↗

Affected — Hex / mpp Hex.pm ↗ Repository ↗

0.2.0 < 0.6.0 affected
every other version: unaffected
default status unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:ZenHive:mpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modules · source files · routines
modules 'Elixir.MPP.Methods.Tempo'
source files lib/mpp/methods/tempo.ex
routines 'Elixir.MPP.Methods.Tempo':broadcast_and_verify/7

Affected — GitHub / zenhive/mpp Repository ↗

d29d54e < d84e3e5 affected
every other version: unaffected
default status unaffected
cpe cpe:2.3:a:ZenHive:mpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
modules · source files · routines
modules 'Elixir.MPP.Methods.Tempo'
source files lib/mpp/methods/tempo.ex
routines 'Elixir.MPP.Methods.Tempo':broadcast_and_verify/7

Configurations

The vulnerable code path is only reachable when the MPP.Methods.Tempo method is configured with fee_payer: true (server-side gas sponsorship). Default deployments with fee_payer: false are not affected, since the client pays for gas out of its own wallet.

References

Credits

Kian Kai Ang Finder
E.FU Remediation developer
Jonatan Männchen / EEF Analyst

CVSS breakdown

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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