mpp vulnerable to Gas Draining with low gas limit
## Vulnerability When the server acts as the fee payer, `mpp` Elixir 0.4.0 (ZenHive/mpp) does not validate whether the `gas_limit` set by the client is enough before broadcasting. A malicious client can drain the server's gas without paying. A `transferWithMemo` call on Tempo Moderato testnet requires **~51,299 gas** to complete successfully. By setting `gas_limit = 51,298`: 1. The Tx gets cosigned and broadcast by the server. 2. The Tx runs out of gas during EVM execution. All state reverts. 3. The server's fee-payer wallet is charged for gas used. 4. The client pays nothing and receives no resource. ```bash # Run the PoC unzip mpp_elixir_low_gas_PoC.zip cd mpp_elixir_low_gas_PoC docker build -t mpp-elixir-low-gas . docker run --rm mpp-elixir-low-gas ``` **Zero-Cost DoS Attack:** Unlike gas draining with `access list` or `padding`, where the malicious client needs to complete a payment to drain the gas, this vulnerability allows malicious users to continuously drain the server's gas at virtually no financial cost (requiring only computing power). Therefore, an attacker can spawn *N* malicious clients to completely drain the funds from the server's wallet to perform a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Once the server's wallet is empty, it has no more funds to pay the gas fees for upcoming requests from legitimate clients. ```bash # Run the DoS PoC unzip mpp_elixir_low_gas_dos_PoC.zip cd mpp_elixir_low_gas_dos_PoC docker build -t mpp-elixir-dos . docker run --rm mpp-elixir-dos `
GHSA-vj8p-hp9x-gh47
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:GHSA-vj8p-hp9x-gh47
mpp
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 0.2.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.3.0Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.3.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.3.2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions0.4.0Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 0.6.0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "SEMVER",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.6.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "mpp",
"purl": "pkg:hex/mpp",
"ecosystem": "Hex"
},
"versions": [
"0.2.0",
"0.3.0",
"0.3.1",
"0.3.2",
"0.4.0"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/09/GHSA-vj8p-hp9x-gh47/GHSA-vj8p-hp9x-gh47.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-59252
Source reference:
/aliases
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /database_specific/severity
- Event
- #18215 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date