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CVE-2026-63628: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation in wevm mppx

0
Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-63628cvecve-2026-63628cwe-20
Published: 09/22/2026 (09/22/2026, 19:09:38 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: wevm
Product: mppx

Description

mppx is a TypeScript interface for machine payments protocol. Prior to 0.8.2, the fee-payer cosigning path in src/tempo/internal/fee-payer.ts copied a client-supplied access_list from a 0x78 FeePayerEnvelope without validating its length or contents. Because EIP-2930 access-list entries consume intrinsic gas even when the listed addresses are never used, a client could add fabricated address-only entries and cause the server fee_payer wallet to pay unnecessary transaction fees. The demonstrated 180-entry list remained within the 500,000 gas policy cap, 16 KB header limit, and RPC simulation budget while increasing the fee by approximately 9.4 times. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.2.

CVSS v4.0

Score 6.9medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
Low
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

wevm

mppx

Affected versions
<0.8.2

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/22/2026, 19:48:42 UTC

Technical Analysis

The vulnerability exists in the fee-payer cosigning path of mppx (a TypeScript interface for machine payments protocol) in versions before 0.8.2. Specifically, the code copied a client-supplied access_list from a FeePayerEnvelope without validating its length or contents. Since EIP-2930 access-list entries consume intrinsic gas even if the addresses are never used, an attacker can add fabricated entries to increase transaction fees paid by the server's fee_payer wallet. The demonstrated exploit used a 180-entry list that stayed within gas and header limits but increased fees by approximately 9.4 times. This flaw is addressed in version 0.8.2.

Potential Impact

An attacker can cause the server fee_payer wallet to pay significantly increased transaction fees by submitting a crafted access_list with fabricated address-only entries. This leads to unnecessary financial cost for the server. The vulnerability does not allow privilege escalation or code execution but results in a denial of economic service by inflating transaction costs.

Mitigation Recommendations

Upgrade to version 0.8.2 or later where the issue is fixed by validating the length and contents of the access_list. No other mitigation is required as the vulnerability is resolved in the official fix.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-07-17T14:11:15.482Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6ab2d808f7a7c54106a8a018

Added to database: 09/22/2026, 19:33:28 UTC

Last enriched: 09/22/2026, 19:48:42 UTC

Last updated: 09/23/2026, 01:58:06 UTC

Views: 10

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