Arbitrary token inflation via ambiguous coin fields
Published Jul 29, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Input-validation failure in Chia Network CAT1 Standard 1.0.0 allows attackers to inflate CAT1 tokens through crafted coin spends. The coin-ID calculation concatenates the parent coin ID, puzzle hash, and amount without enforcing fixed field lengths, so shifting the puzzle-hash boundary changes the represented amount. Any holder of any amount of a CAT1 token can create an arbitrary supply, flooding and devaluing that asset; the transaction remains auditable on-chain.
Summary
What happened
Input-validation failure in Chia Network CAT1 Standard 1.0.0 allows attackers to inflate CAT1 tokens through crafted coin spends. The coin-ID calculation concatenates the parent coin ID, puzzle hash, and amount without enforcing fixed field lengths, so shifting the puzzle-hash boundary changes the represented amount. Any holder of any amount of a CAT1 token can create an arbitrary supply, flooding and devaluing that asset; the transaction remains auditable on-chain.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36447
- Published
- Jul 29, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
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- Unknown vendor
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- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- Jul 29, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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