CVE-2021-41153
Specification non-compliance in JUMPI
The evm crate is a pure Rust implementation of Ethereum Virtual Machine. In evm crate < 0.31.0, JUMPI opcode's condition is checked after the destination validity check. However, according to Geth and OpenEthereum, the condition check should happen before the destination validity check. This is a high severity security advisory if you use evm crate for Ethereum mainnet. In this case, you should update your library dependency immediately to on or after 0.31.0. This is a low severity security advisory if you use evm crate in Frontier or in a standalone blockchain, because there's no security exploit possible with this advisory. It is not recommended to update to on or after 0.31.0 until all the normal chain upgrade preparations have been done. If you use Frontier or other pallet-evm based Substrate blockchain, please ensure to update your spec_version before updating this. For other blockchains, please make sure to follow a hard-fork process before you update this.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.7
Specification non-compliance in JUMPI
The evm crate is a pure Rust implementation of Ethereum Virtual Machine. In evm crate < 0.31.0, JUMPI opcode's condition is checked after the destination validity check. However, according to Geth and OpenEthereum, the condition check should happen before the destination validity check. This is a high severity security advisory if you use evm crate for Ethereum mainnet. In this case, you should update your library dependency immediately to on or after 0.31.0. This is a low severity security advisory if you use evm crate in Frontier or in a standalone blockchain, because there's no security exploit possible with this advisory. It is not recommended to update to on or after 0.31.0 until all the normal chain upgrade preparations have been done. If you use Frontier or other pallet-evm based Substrate blockchain, please ensure to update your spec_version before updating this. For other blockchains, please make sure to follow a hard-fork process before you update this.
- Record
CVE-2021-41153- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-670
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-2242
8.7
The evm crate is a pure Rust implementation of Ethereum Virtual Machine. In evm crate < 0.31.0, JUMPI opcode's condition is checked after the destination validity check. However, according to Geth and OpenEthereum, the condition check should happen before the destination validity check. This is a high severity security advisory if you use evm crate for Ethereum mainnet. In this case, you should update your library dependency immediately to on or after 0.31.0. This is a low severity security advisory if you use evm crate in Frontier or in a standalone blockchain, because there's no security exploit possible with this advisory. It is not recommended to update to on or after 0.31.0 until all the normal chain upgrade preparations have been done. If you use Frontier or other pallet-evm based Substrate blockchain, please ensure to update your spec_version before updating this. For other blockchains, please make sure to follow a hard-fork process before you update this.
- Record
EUVD-2021-2242- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pvh2-pj76-4m96
8.7
Specification non-compliance in JUMPI
Impact
In evm crate < 0.31.0, JUMPI opcode's condition is checked after the destination validity check. However, according to Geth and OpenEthereum, the condition check should happen before the destination validity check.
Patches
This is a high severity security advisory if you use evm crate for Ethereum mainnet. In this case, you should update your library dependency immediately to on or after 0.31.0.
This is a low severity security advisory if you use evm crate in Frontier or in a standalone blockchain, because there's no security exploit possible with this advisory. It is not recommended to update to on or after 0.31.0 until all the normal chain upgrade preparations have been done. If you use Frontier or other pallet-evm based Substrate blockchain, please ensure to update your spec_version before updating this. For other blockchains, please make sure to follow a hard-fork process before you update this.
Workarounds
If you are dependent on an older version of evm and cannot update due to API interface changes, please contact Wei by email ([email protected]), who will be happy to help you to publish patch releases for older evm versions.
References
Fix PR: https://github.com/rust-blockchain/evm/pull/67
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in the
evmrepo.
Special thanks
Special thanks to @rakita for reporting this issue.
- Record
GHSA-pvh2-pj76-4m96- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-670
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.7
The evm crate is a pure Rust implementation of Ethereum Virtual Machine. In evm crate < 0.31.0, JUMPI opcode's condition is checked after the destination validity check. However, according to Geth and OpenEthereum, the condition check should happen before the destination validity check. This is a high severity security advisory if you use evm crate for Ethereum mainnet. In this case, you should update your library dependency immediately to on or after 0.31.0. This is a low severity security advisory if you use evm crate in Frontier or in a standalone blockchain, because there's no security exploit possible with this advisory. It is not recommended to update to on or after 0.31.0 until all the normal chain upgrade preparations have been done. If you use Frontier or other pallet-evm based Substrate blockchain, please ensure to update your spec_version before updating this. For other blockchains, please make sure to follow a hard-fork process before you update this.
- Record
CVE-2021-41153- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-670
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-pvh2-pj76-4m96
8.7
Specification non-compliance in JUMPI
Impact
In evm crate < 0.31.0, JUMPI opcode's condition is checked after the destination validity check. However, according to Geth and OpenEthereum, the condition check should happen before the destination validity check.
Patches
This is a high severity security advisory if you use evm crate for Ethereum mainnet. In this case, you should update your library dependency immediately to on or after 0.31.0.
This is a low severity security advisory if you use evm crate in Frontier or in a standalone blockchain, because there's no security exploit possible with this advisory. It is not recommended to update to on or after 0.31.0 until all the normal chain upgrade preparations have been done. If you use Frontier or other pallet-evm based Substrate blockchain, please ensure to update your spec_version before updating this. For other blockchains, please make sure to follow a hard-fork process before you update this.
Workarounds
If you are dependent on an older version of evm and cannot update due to API interface changes, please contact Wei by email ([email protected]), who will be happy to help you to publish patch releases for older evm versions.
References
Fix PR: https://github.com/rust-blockchain/evm/pull/67
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in the
evmrepo.
Special thanks
Special thanks to @rakita for reporting this issue.
- Record
GHSA-pvh2-pj76-4m96- CVSS 3.1
- 8.7 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-670
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
evmcrates.io |
before 0.31.0 | 0.31.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-41153 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Evm Project Evm, published October 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. Fixed in evm 0.31.0.