{"id":"CVE-2025-53359","aliases":["EUVD-2025-19744","GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr"],"status":"published","title":"ethereum does not check transaction malleability for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions","description":"ethereum is a common ethereum structs for Rust. Prior to ethereum crate v0.18.0, signature malleability (according to EIP-2) was only checked for \"legacy\" transactions, but not for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions. This is a specification deviation. The signature malleability itself is not a security issue and not as high of a risk if the ethereum crate is used on a single-implementation blockchain. This issue has been patched in version v0.18.0. A workaround for this issue involves manually checking transaction malleability outside of the crate, however upgrading is recommended.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00415,"percentile":0.36085,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-754"],"published":"2025-07-02T15:12:18Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"ethereum","fixed_in":["0.18.0"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"ethereum","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.18.0"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"ethereum","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.18.0"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"rust-ethereum","product":"ethereum"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/pull/67","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/commit/2dd9d1d5d0936ec7350093ff3a5a7169a349db77","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53359","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53359.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53359","title":"ethereum does not check transaction malleability for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions","description":"ethereum is a common ethereum structs for Rust. Prior to ethereum crate v0.18.0, signature malleability (according to EIP-2) was only checked for \"legacy\" transactions, but not for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions. This is a specification deviation. The signature malleability itself is not a security issue and not as high of a risk if the ethereum crate is used on a single-implementation blockchain. This issue has been patched in version v0.18.0. A workaround for this issue involves manually checking transaction malleability outside of the crate, however upgrading is recommended.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:55:18.026Z","modified":"2025-07-03T13:18:13.42Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:49.180768Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-19744","description":"ethereum is a common ethereum structs for Rust. 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A workaround for this issue involves manually checking transaction malleability outside of the crate, however upgrading is recommended.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:55:18Z","modified":"2025-07-03T13:18:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:14.284181Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr","title":"ethereum does not check transaction malleability for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions","description":"### Impact\n\nPrior to `ethereum` crate v0.18.0, signature malleability (according to EIP-2) was only checked for \"legacy\" transactions, but not for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions.\n\nThis is a specification deviation and therefore a high severity advisory if the `ethereum` crate is used for Ethereum mainnet. Note that signature malleability itself is not a security issue, and therefore if the `ethereum` crate is used on a single-implementation blockchain, it's a low/informational severity advisory.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue is fixed in `ethereum` v0.18.0\n\n### Workarounds\n\nYou can also manually check transaction malleability outside of the crate. But it's recommended to simply upgrade the version.\n\n### References\n\nSee PR: https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/pull/67","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:12:18Z","modified":"2025-07-02T18:59:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:48.783737Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-53359","description":"ethereum is a common ethereum structs for Rust. 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The signature malleability itself is not a security issue and not as high of a risk if the ethereum crate is used on a single-implementation blockchain. This issue has been patched in version v0.18.0. A workaround for this issue involves manually checking transaction malleability outside of the crate, however upgrading is recommended.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:55:18.026Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08.75357303Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.45326Z"},{"id":"GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr","title":"ethereum does not check transaction malleability for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions","description":"### Impact\n\nPrior to `ethereum` crate v0.18.0, signature malleability (according to EIP-2) was only checked for \"legacy\" transactions, but not for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions.\n\nThis is a specification deviation and therefore a high severity advisory if the `ethereum` crate is used for Ethereum mainnet. Note that signature malleability itself is not a security issue, and therefore if the `ethereum` crate is used on a single-implementation blockchain, it's a low/informational severity advisory.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue is fixed in `ethereum` v0.18.0\n\n### Workarounds\n\nYou can also manually check transaction malleability outside of the crate. But it's recommended to simply upgrade the version.\n\n### References\n\nSee PR: https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/pull/67","status":"published","published":"2025-07-02T15:12:18Z","modified":"2025-07-02T19:42:18.313875Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-754"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:36.092962Z"}]}}