Low, CVSS 1.7crates.ioPublished
RISC Zero Ethereum invalid commitment with digest value of zero accepted by Steel.validateCommitment
CVE-2025-52884 · GHSA-gjv3-89hh-9xq2
- Affected
- crates.io risc0-ethereum-contracts < 2.1.1
- Fixed in
- 2.1.1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact Prior to 2.1.1 and 2.2.0, the Steel.validateCommitment Solidity library function will return true for a crafted commitment with a digest value of zero. This violates the semantics of validateCommitment, as this does not commitment to a block that is in the current chain. Because the digest is zero, it does not correspond to any block and there exist no known openings. As a result, this commitment will never be produced by a correct zkVM guest using Steel. Leveraging this bug to compromise the soundness of an application using Steel would require a separate bug or misuse of the Steel library, which is expected to be used to validate the root of state opening proofs (e.g. having the guest commit to a digest of zero, or failing to check the zkVM proof). Because this bug does not risk application integrity, correctly written applications are not at risk. Fix Please see [#605] for a full description of the bug, and the fix. This fix has been released as part of risc0-ethereum…
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.1.1 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.