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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Scope changes because the sponsor (fee-payer) is the harmed party, not the submitting client; no authentication required; persistent EIP-7702 delegations yield high integrity impact; gas depletion yields low availability impact.
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Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in ZenHive mpp allows an unauthenticated remote client to inflate the fee-payer's gas cost per sponsored payment by a large multiplier and to have the sponsor pay for EIP-7702 account delegations of the client's choosing.
When the server sponsors Tempo payments, MPP.Methods.Tempo.FeePayerPolicy.measure/3 in lib/mpp/methods/tempo/fee_payer_policy.ex bounds the gas fields, the fee budget, the validity window and the access list of the client-signed 0x76 envelope, but never reads its aa_authorization_list field. Every signed delegation in that list is charged as intrinsic gas before the payment call runs, so a client attaching delegations from throwaway authority keys makes the sponsor pay for them within the default gas_limit ceiling. At the reporter's default of seven entries the sponsored cost rises from about 46,575 gas to about 1,884,087 gas. Because each entry is applied as a persistent set-code delegation, a client can also upgrade its own accounts to delegated code at the sponsor's expense.
This issue affects mpp: from 0.2.0 before 0.16.1.
AnalysisAI
Missing validation of the EIP-7702 aa_authorization_list field in ZenHive mpp's Tempo payment sponsorship module allows any unauthenticated remote client to inflate the fee-payer's gas cost by roughly 40x and to have the sponsor pay for persistent EIP-7702 set-code delegations on attacker-controlled Ethereum accounts. Versions 0.2.0 through 0.16.0 are affected; the FeePayerPolicy.measure/3 function validates gas fields, fee budget, validity window, and access list but never inspects the aa_authorization_list, so a client embedding seven throwaway delegation entries drives sponsored gas from approximately 46,575 to over 1,884,087. …
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| Exploitation | The target must be running ZenHive mpp 0.2.0-0.16.0 with the MPP.Methods.Tempo payment sponsorship feature active and exposed to network clients. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.3 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L correctly characterises the threat. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
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| Remediation | Upgrade mpp to version 0.16.1 or later, the vendor-released patch confirmed by the GitHub security advisory GHSA-5qrp-r24c-w6jr and patch commit 0482572b47e1ffe1537ab80ab613d47b92833c2d. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours, identify all systems running ZenHive mpp versions 0.2.0 through 0.16.0 and review recent sponsor transaction logs for anomalous gas cost patterns that may indicate exploitation attempts. …
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