01 Record
CVE-2025-52884
risc0-ethereum-contracts allows invalid commitment with digest value of zero to be accepted by Steel.validateCommitment
LowPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score1.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
02 Description
risc0-ethereum-contracts allows invalid commitment with digest value of zero to be accepted by Steel.validateCommitment
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 1.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-06-24 20:20Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-06-24 20:49Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-06-20
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 1.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Weaknesses
- CWE-159Improper Handling of Invalid Use of Special ElementsClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 63d67d9e22f27a8dcdd70f2878a1bc2da8a985697b998e2449b2daf0c9d39c61
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/risc0/risc0-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-gjv3-89hh-9xq2
- github.comhttps://github.com/risc0/risc0-ethereum/pull/605
- github.comhttps://github.com/risc0/risc0-ethereum/commit/3bbac859c7132b21ba5fdf2d47f1dd52e7e73d98
- docs.beboundless.xyzhttps://docs.beboundless.xyz/developers/steel/how-it-works#verifying-the-proof-onchain
- github.comhttps://github.com/risc0/risc0-ethereum/blob/ff0cb9253a87945b653b825711b8b5075f8b7545/examples/erc20-counter/contracts/src/Counter.sol#L56-L63
- github.comhttps://github.com/risc0/risc0-ethereum/releases/tag/v2.1.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/risc0/risc0-ethereum/releases/tag/v2.2.0