High, CVSS 8.9GoPublished
Babylon vulnerable to chain halt when a message modifies the validator set at the epoch boundary
GHSA-rj53-j6jw-7f7g
- Affected
- Go github.com/babylonlabs-io/babylon/v2 >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.0
- Fixed in
- 2.1.0· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Sending a message that modifies the validator set at the epoch boundary halts the chain. Impact Denial of Service - Comos-sdk prevents modifying the validator set from two different modules - https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/release/v0.50.x/types/module/module.go#L811. Such an operation leads to panic and chain halt. Detailed Post mortem https://boiling-lake-106.notion.site/2025-06-18-Genesis-mainnet-chain-halt-post-mortem-229f60cc1b5f80b7adf5e3ea0541ea87
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.1.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.