Unsafe delegatecall functionality can break core protocol functionality

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact There are multiple contracts which include delegatecall functionality, including the execute function of the LlamaAccount contract and the execute function of the LlamaExecutor contract. The issue is that there's no controls, other than the standard role...

LlamaAccount.llamaExecutor may be changed for a malicious purpose and be return to the initial state.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact If the delegatecall changes llamaExecutor to an malicious contract, then onlyLlama modifier cannot protect the contract. After the exploit, it can return the llamaExecutor as before. Proof of Concept Update test/mock/MockExtension.sol as below. //...

Incorrect validation in LlamaRelativeQuorum results in improper approvals/disapprovals

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The LlamaRelativeQuorum contract is intended to allow for approvals/disapprovals to be configured such that, for example, an approval is triggered when a certain percentage of the total quantity for a role with this quantity being fixed at the creation o...

Role might be granted and revoked at the same block to manipulate the role supply and result in incorrect behavior of relative strategy

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact There is a potential issue where a role can be granted, votes can be cast, and then the role can be revoked in the same block. This can lead to incorrect behavior of relative strategy in manipulating the vote supply. The problem arises because the role...

Delegatecalls to contracts which have different storage layouts will cause unexpected behavor. Whitelisting of delegate-callable targets is required like LlamaCore.authorizeScript().

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Delegatecall to targets which have storage access will read/write each other's storage variables. Although slot 0 is protected from modification by delegatecall, reading slot 0 is not protected. Modifying storage slot other than 0 is not protected. It's...

The initial total supply of the role can be miscalculated in some cases

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Due to miscalculations during LlamaPolicy contract deployment the initial supply of the role can be set wrongly. And most of strategies will not work as intended. Moreover users will not be able to start an Action for some strategies as well. Proof of...

EVENT EMITTED WITHOUT ACTION

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact A malicious validator can remain in the system after exceeding it's exit penalty threshold. This poses a risk to users and a possible reputation risk to the protocol. Proof of Concept In the updateTotalPenaltyAmount... function, when the validators...

depositERC20To() and withdrawTo() is missing onlyEOA() modifier - Leading to loss of user funds

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact StandardBridge.sol contract has a modifier called onlyEOA. The comment says 132 / 133 @notice Only allow EOAs to call the functions. Note that this is not safe against contracts 134 calling code within their constructors, but also doesn't really matter...

Lack of claimRewards when manageToken in RevenueTrader

Lines of code Vulnerability details There is a dev comment in the Assert.sol: DEPRECATED: claimRewards will be removed from all assets and collateral plugins The claimRewards is moved to the TradingP1.claimRewards/claimRewardsSingle. But when the RevenueTraderP1 trade and distribute revenues by...

Loss of airdropped Token or NFT in NFT Bridge

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Loss of airdropped Token or NFT in NFT Bridge and Token Bridge Proof of Concept Contract L1ERC721Bridge is for bridging NFTs from L1 to L2 and it holds all the bridged NFTs. Most of the NFT projects would airdrop new NFTs for previous owners or drop ERC2...

getPORFeedData() doesn't validate price feed answers (totalETHBalanceInInt and totalETHXSupplyInInt) before casting to uint256

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact If a negative value is returned 0 from chainlink oracle and the value is cast to type uint256, the resulting value will be the unsigned representation of that value which will be an inaccurate price. Also, cases where sdprice can't be less than 0 will...

sell reward rTokens at low price because of skiping furnace.melt

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The reward rToken sent to RevenueTrader will be sold at a low price. RSR stakers will lose some of their profits. Proof of Concept RevenueTraderP1.manageToken function is used to launch auctions for any erc20 tokens sent to it. For the RevenueTrader of t...

Problem with Day values

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Detailed description of the impact of this finding. In solidity, block.timestamp makes use of seconds in calculating time but in the highlighted codes, the stated period and their comments was miscalculated. 7200 was referred to as 24 hours and was used...

Using transferFrom on ERC20 tokens transfer

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The transferFrom method is used instead of safeTransferFrom which is not recommended. OpenZeppelin’s documentation discourages the use of transferFrom, use safeTransferFrom whenever possible Some tokens do not implement the ERC20 standard properly but ar...

Cross contract reentrancy attack through changing the xDomainMsgSender

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The use of the guaranteed safe CrossDomainMessenger for withdrawals can result in permanent blockages when the recipient address interacts with external addresses, which is an important feature for interoperability and is expected to be widely utilized...

The owner is a single point of failure and a centralization risk.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact & Vunerability Details. Having a single EOA as the only owner of contracts is a large centralization risk and a single point of failure, as this contract's owner can perform roles of high importance to the protocol. A single private key may be taken in a...

There is no check to see if eth was successfully sent from PermissionlessNodeRegistry to StaderInsuranceFund.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Eth may not complete successfully. As a result, StaderInsuranceFund will not receive collateral. Tools Used Manual audit Recommended Mitigation Steps Add to StaderInsuranceFund.depositFund function: ifmsg.value == 0 revert Error Assessed type ETH-Transfe...

Legacy version check should be removed to avoid double relaying message in CrossDomainMessager.sol

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Legacy version check should be removed to avoid double relaying message Proof of Concept In Optimism bedrock implementation, to handle the pre-bedrock migration, there is code check to make sure the transaction that finalized and relayed in pre-bedrock...

LES (Light Ethereum Subprotocol) doesn't forward the transaction to the sequencer

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact LES Light Ethereum Subprotocol doesn't forward the transaction to the sequencer when receiving it over RPC. Proof of Concept When a user submits a transaction to op-geth node validator/verfier mode, the node sends the transaction to the sequencer, if no...

Lack of expiration time for cross-chain message passing

Lines of code Vulnerability details Lack of expiration time for cross-chain message passing Summary Lack of expiration time for cross-chain message passing Vulnerability Detail In the current implementation, the L1CrossDomainMessagern.sol inherits from CrossDomainMessager.sol and...

PoolSelector.computePoolAllocationForDeposit could return an unfair value.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact When calling StaderStakePoolsManager.validatorBatchDeposit, it calls PoolSelector.computePoolAllocationForDeposit to get the validator count to deposit for the pool. It calculates the count based on the capacity and the weight of the pool. However,...

ERC20 token bridge does not support token with different decimals

Lines of code Vulnerability details ERC20 token bridge does not support token with different decimals Summary ERC20 token bridge does not support token with different decimals Vulnerability Detail In the current implementation: User can perform ERC20 cross-chain transfer via token bridge. Let us...

accountsMap[ADMIN] not set in initialize function of StaderConfig contract

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact When initializing the StaderConfig contract with the initialize function, the admin address is not set in accountsMapADMIN variable, so the getAdmin function will return address0. This will cause the loss of the ownership of the VaultProxy contract as it...

Potential Integer Overflow/Underflow

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The functions insertSDPrice and getMedianValue manipulate arrays of uint256 values without explicitly checking for integer overflow or underflow. If the array lengths or calculations exceed the maximum or minimum values of uint256, it can result in...

Aunction DOS

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact All auction functions are under a potential DOS or exploitability vulnerability A 2 day duration is added to the current block.number when creating a lot. This introduces a critical flaw, Adding 2 86400correct value of 2 days / 27200wrong value used in...

A lot with a lots.sdAmount less than the bidIncrement cannot be bid on

Lines of code Vulnerability details M-01 A lot with a lots.sdAmount less than the bidIncrement cannot be bid on Impact Everyone can create a lot by calling Auction.createLot with any arbitrary amount they specify. However, creating a lot with a low sdAmount can result in two potential issues: Whe...

VaultProxy implementation can be initialized by anyone and self-destructed

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact When the VaultFactory contract is deployed and initialized, the initialise method on the newly created VaultProxy implementation contract is never called. As such, anyone can call that method and pass in whatever values they want as arguments. One...

Underpaying Optimism l2gas(_minGasLimit) may lead to loss of funds

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The contract L1StandardBridge.sol is susceptible to a vulnerability where underpaying the l2Gashere in all contract, it used as "minGasLimit" value provided by users can result in a potential loss of funds. This vulnerability exists in the depositERC20 a...

When deploying contracts in PermissionedNodeRegistry.deployWithdrawVault(), PermissionlessNodeRegistry.deployWithdrawVault(), an attacker can find out in advance the address of the future deployed contract and deploy his own at this address

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The address of the new contract depends solely on the salt parameter, which is calculated from user-provided data. Once a user's create transaction is broadcast, the parameters for calculating salt can be viewed by anyone viewing the public mempool. This...

FRONT-RUNNING SUSCEPTIBILITY IN ADDBID()

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Auction.addBid is susceptible to front-running attacks. This vulnerability presents a significant risk as participants with adequate knowledge or skill could manipulate Ethereum transaction ordering to gain undue advantage, potentially compromising the...

User with large stacked ETH can deny other stacker from withdrawing.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Description The withdraw flow of Stader splitted in two steps, first the user has to requestWithdraw by passing his owned ETHx amount which add a new record to userWithdrawRequestsnextRequestId, second, finalizeUserWithdrawalRequest got called by any user to...

No stale data check on data being read from POR feed

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Stale data of exchange rate data being used protocol, resulting in loss in terms of ETHX being minted at stale exchange rate which won't have accounted for new reward Recommended Mitigation Steps Check lastUpdatedAt timestamp and that it is within...

MISSING ACCESS CONTROL AND MISSING LOGICAL CHECKS IN PENALTY.sol

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact In the penalty.sol contract anyone can call the markValidatorSettled... function to clear the penalty of an erring validator. Proof of Concept Anyone can clear the penalty of an erring validator without by calling markValidatorSettled... as the function...

There is no check to see if eth was successfully sent from ValidatorWithdrawalVault to StaderStakePoolsManager.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Eth may not complete successfully. As a result, the user will not receive their share from the validator. Tools Used Manual audit Recommended Mitigation Steps Add to StaderStakePoolManager.receiveWithdrawVaultUserShare function. ifmsg.value == 0 revert...

The incorrect check implemented in the UserWithdrawalManager undermines the effectiveness of the timelock for claiming ETH

Lines of code Vulnerability details high Title: The incorrect check implemented in the UserWithdrawalManager undermines the effectiveness of the timelock for claiming ETH. Links: Impact Any malicious users can bypass the timelock mechanism for claiming ETH. The issue lies in the claim function,...

Oracle data is not sufficiently validated

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The retrieved price from the oracle can be stale value or outdated and used anyways as a valid data. The usage of such data can impact on how the further logics of that price are implemented. Proof of Concept File: StaderOracle.sol function getPORFeedDat...

Lack of Access Control

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The contract does not enforce proper access control mechanisms for critical functions such as deployWithdrawVault, deployNodeELRewardVault, updateStaderConfig, and updateVaultProxyAddress. As a result, any address can call these functions and potentially...

Lack of reentrancy protection in L1ERC721Bridge.sol

Lines of code Vulnerability details Summary Calling IERC721.transferFrom in the L1ERC721Bridge.initiateBridgeERC721 after writing the deposit makes a reentrancy attack possible if there is a callback before transfer in the localToken contract we will name such a contract ERC721Callback...

Technically the seven days period is not guaranteed and it's possible for the challenger to delete a withdrawal even if it hasn't been challenged during the seven days

Lines of code Vulnerability details Proof of Concept There's an existing logic to prevent the CHALLENGER from deleting a l2Output after the finalization period has ended. This is done to prevent having user withdrawals blocked after the finalization period has elapsed without challenges. The...

Unauthorized Access and Control in Proxy Contract

Lines of code Vulnerability details Summary: The code contains a bug that can lead to unauthorized access and control over the contract. This bug allows any caller, even those who are not the owner or address0, to bypass the intended access control mechanisms and execute arbitrary code on the...

NodeOperator will steal other NodeOperators' validators through frontrunning

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact People that want to earn staking rewards, but do not have the resources to run validators, will see Stader as an avenue where they can easily steal and use others validators and they will actually earn Operator rewards from Stader. This could lead to two...

selfdestruct(self) does not clear balance

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Balance is stored in OVMETH contract, function opSuicide increments it, then Sucide does not change it, at the end of function it will be decremented. Which means it will not be changed. Proof of Concept // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0 pragma solidit...

stake before unfreeze can take away most of rsr rewards in the freeze period

Lines of code Vulnerability details If the system is frozen, the only allowed operation is stRST.stake. And the payoutRewards is not called during freeze period: if !main.frozen payoutRewards; function payoutRewards external requireNotFrozen; payoutRewards; So the payoutLastPaid stays before the...

VaultProxy can be selfdestructed using delegatecall

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Attacker can selfdestruct VaultProxy deployment. constructor //initialise the vault proxy with data function initialise bool isValidatorWithdrawalVault, uint8 poolId, uint256 id, address staderConfig external if isInitialized revert AlreadyInitialized;...

Problem with ValiodatorStatus.INITIALIZED

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Detailed description of the impact of this finding. The default value for Enums in solidity are always the first parameters in them. In the ValidatorStatus Enum however, INITIALIZED is the first value and therefore the default value of the ValidatorStatu...

Anyone Can selfdestruct The VaultProxy Contract.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Vulnerability Details -Since the initialise function is missing initializer modifier as it's inteded to be not protected as per ETHx smart contract functions documentation , And Since VaultFactory contract doesn't initialize the VaultProxy upon its initializati...

pause/unpause functionnalities not implemented in many pausable contracts

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The following contracts : SocializingPool, StaderOracle, OperatorRewardsCollector and Auction are supposed to be pausable as they all inherit from PausableUpgradeable but they don't implement the external pause/unpause functionalities which means it will...

Centralization risk for trusted owners

Lines of code Vulnerability details Description: Contracts have owners that have privileged rights to perform admin tasks. These owners need to be trusted to not perform malicious updates or drain funds. Having a single Externally Owned Account EOA as the sole owner represents a significant...

Challenger can change the output root or delete output root arbitrarily to authorize invalid withdrawal or block withdrawal infinitely

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Challenger can change the output root or delete output root arbitrarily Proof of Concept In the OptimismPortal.sol, when prove and finalize the transaction the output root needs to be verificated // Grab the OutputProposal from the L2OutputOracle, will...

Stader OPERATOR is single point of failure

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The OPERATOR role holds a lot of power within the system, which can compromise the both the system integrity and it's permission-less nature. Proof of Concept The OPERATOR key is responsible for confirming marking each validator submitted key as either...