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mpp vulnerable to Gas Draining with no limit

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

### Details When the server acts as the fee_payer, the `mpp` Elixir 0.4.0 does not validate `gas_limit`, `max_fee_per_gas` and `max_priority_fee_per_gas` before cosigning the client's fee-payer transaction. A malicious client embeds arbitrarily large `max_fee_per_gas` and `max_priority_fee_per_gas` values in the signed envelope. The server cosigns and broadcasts — paying those inflated gas costs from its own wallet based on the `effective_gas_price` calculated from the high `max_fee_per_gas` and `max_priority_fee_per_gas` set by the client. **Vulnerable function:** `cosign_fee_payer/3` in [`transaction.ex`](https://hex.pm/packages/mpp/0.4.0) around lines 229–262. ### PoC The PoC is provided below. It is configured to reproduce the attack on Tempo Moderate testnet within a Docker environment. Download the PoC and run: ```bash unzip mpp_elixir_PoC.zip cd mpp_elixir docker build -t mpp-elixir-gasdrain . docker run --rm mpp-elixir-gasdrain ``` There are more details in `mpp_elixir/README.md` ### Impact By draining the server's wallet, an attacker causes direct financial loss to the organization. Furthermore, if the server's funds are drained completely, legitimate clients will have their requests fail, as the server can no longer fund future transactions, effectively creating a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

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GHSA-vv77-66rf-pm86

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Security context

Source reference: osv:GHSA-vv77-66rf-pm86

mpp

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Affected versions
0.2.0

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0.3.0

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0.3.1

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0.3.2

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0.4.0

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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-vv77-66rf-pm86/GHSA-vv77-66rf-pm86.json"
    }
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-59695

Source reference: /aliases

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /database_specific/severity

Event
#18116 · Revision 1
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