Handling untrusted input can result in a crash, leading to loss of availability / denial of service

Description

@solana/web3.js is the Solana JavaScript SDK. Using particular inputs with `@solana/web3.js` will result in memory exhaustion (OOM). If you have a server, client, mobile, or desktop product that accepts untrusted input for use with `@solana/web3.js`, your application/service may crash, resulting in a loss of availability. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.1, 1.10.2, 1.11.1, 1.12.1, 1.1.2, 1.13.1, 1.14.1, 1.15.1, 1.16.2, 1.17.1, 1.18.1, 1.19.1, 1.20.3, 1.21.1, 1.22.1, 1.23.1, 1.24.3, 1.25.1, 1.26.1, 1.27.1, 1.28.1, 1.2.8, 1.29.4, 1.30.3, 1.31.1, 1.3.1, 1.32.3, 1.33.1, 1.34.1, 1.35.2, 1.36.1, 1.37.3, 1.38.1, 1.39.2, 1.40.2, 1.41.11, 1.4.1, 1.42.1, 1.43.7, 1.44.4, 1.45.1, 1.46.1, 1.47.5, 1.48.1, 1.49.1, 1.50.2, 1.51.1, 1.5.1, 1.52.1, 1.53.1, 1.54.2, 1.55.1, 1.56.3, 1.57.1, 1.58.1, 1.59.2, 1.60.1, 1.61.2, 1.6.1, 1.62.2, 1.63.2, 1.64.1, 1.65.1, 1.66.6, 1.67.3, 1.68.2, 1.69.1, 1.70.4, 1.71.1, 1.72.1, 1.7.2, 1.73.5, 1.74.1, 1.75.1, 1.76.1, 1.77.4, 1.78.8, 1.79.1, 1.80.1, 1.81.1, 1.8.1, 1.82.1, 1.83.1, 1.84.1, 1.85.1, 1.86.1, 1.87.7, 1.88.1, 1.89.2, 1.90.2, 1.9.2, and 1.91.3.

Timeline

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.59% · top 51% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• solana-labs · solana-web3.js

  • affected >= 1.91.0, < 1.91.3
  • affected >= 1.90, < 1.90.2
  • affected >= 1.89, < 1.89.2
  • affected = 1.88.0
  • affected >=1.87.0, < 1.87.7
  • affected = 1.86.0
  • affected = 1.85.0
  • affected = 1.84.0
  • affected = 1.83.0
  • affected = 1.82.0
  • affected = 1.81.0
  • affected = 1.80.0
  • affected = 1.79.0
  • affected >= 1.78, < 1.78.8
  • affected >= 1.77, < 1.77.4
  • affected = 1.76.0
  • affected = 1.75.0
  • affected = 1.74.0
  • affected >= 1.73.0, < 1.73.5
  • affected = 1.72.0
  • affected = 1.71.0
  • affected >= 1.70.0, < 1.70.4
  • affected = 1.69.0
  • affected >= 1.68.0, < 1.68.2
  • affected >= 1.67.0, < 1.67.3
  • affected >= 1.66.0, < 1.66.6
  • affected = 1.65.0
  • affected = 1.64.0
  • affected >= 1.63.0, < 1.63.2
  • affected >= 1.62.0, < 1.62.2
  • affected >= 1.61.0, < 1.61.2
  • affected = 1.60.0
  • affected >= 1.59.0, < 1.59.2
  • affected = 1.58.0
  • affected = 1.57.0
  • affected >= 1.56.0, < 1.56.3
  • affected = 1.55.0
  • affected >= 1.54.0, < 1.54.2
  • affected = 1.53.0
  • affected = 1.52.0
  • and 52 more

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• npm@solana/web3.jsGHSA-8m45-2rjm-j347 (opens in a new tab)

References (2)

• https://github.com/solana-labs/solana-web3.js/security/advisories/GHSA-8m45-2rjm-j347 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/solana-labs/solana-web3.js/commit/77d935221a4805107b20b60ae7c1148725e4e2d0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-8m45-2rjm-j347 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 21 Aug 2024, 15:05 UTC.