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Bifrost CVE-2026-86840

| EUVDEUVD-2026-72876 CRITICAL
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-09-08 certcc GHSA-wm9v-x9j6-gf6x
9.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: certcc
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Vendor (certcc) PRIMARY
9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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6.5 MEDIUM

Requires a signed on-chain account so PR:L not PR:N; impact is forged commission attribution (integrity/financial), so I:H with C:N and A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: certcc

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Metadata Corrected
Sep 10, 2026 - 19:40 vuln.today
tag: Authentication Bypass removed
Analysis Generated
Sep 10, 2026 - 19:23 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Sep 10, 2026 - 19:22 NVD
9.1 (CRITICAL)
CVE Published
Sep 08, 2026 - 15:29 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Sep 08, 2026 - 15:29 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.1

DescriptionCVE.org

The vtoken-minting and slpx pallets in Bifrost contain an improper authorization vulnerability in channel commission attribution. A signed account can supply an arbitrary registered channel_id when minting tokens without verifying that the caller is authorized to mint on behalf of that channel. This allows an attacker to inflate a channel's recorded mint volume and cause protocol commission payments to be disproportionately distributed to that channel during commission settlement.

AnalysisAI

Improper authorization in Bifrost's vtoken-minting and slpx Substrate pallets lets any signed on-chain account attribute its mint volume to an arbitrary registered channel_id it does not control. Because the mint path never verifies that the caller is authorized to mint on behalf of the supplied channel, an attacker can inflate a target (or attacker-owned) channel's recorded mint volume and skew protocol commission settlement so payouts are disproportionately routed to that channel. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Requires a signed Bifrost account able to submit mint transactions to the vtoken-minting or slpx pallet, and at least one registered channel_id to attribute volume to (attacker-controlled or otherwise). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The input CVSS of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/C:H/I:H/A:N) overstates the profile in two ways. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation No vendor-released patched version is identified in the available data - the EUVD entry gives only an affected range ('≤2022.02') and no fixed spec/runtime version, so operators and integrators should track the Bifrost security channel and NVD entry (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86840) for the corrective runtime upgrade and apply it via on-chain governance/runtime-upgrade as soon as it is published. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours: audit recent vtoken-minting and slpx pallet transactions for suspicious channel_id registrations, query blockchain logs for anomalous minting patterns or newly-registered channels receiving disproportionate commission shares, and quantify total financial exposure. …

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