How severe is GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh?

No CVSS score has been assigned to GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh yet. Review the advisory details and affected package list to assess your exposure.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh?

GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh affects the following packages: orml-rewards (crates.io). Ecosystems affected: crates.io.

How do I fix GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh?

Update orml-rewards to 1.2.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh in my crates.io dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for orml-rewards, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh?

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Is GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

When was GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh was published on February 14, 2025. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

🦀 crates.io

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GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh — orml-rewards

Fix: open-web3-stack/open-runtime-module-library#1016

GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh is a remote code execution vulnerability in orml-rewards. A fix is available for orml-rewards — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Uncaught Panic in ORML Rewards Pallet

Published

Feb 14, 2025

Updated

Feb 14, 2025

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Feb 14, 2025 · OSV.dev, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

🦀orml-rewards

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Summary

A vulnerability in the add_share function of the Rewards pallet (part of the ORML repository) can lead to an uncaught Rust panic when handling user-provided input exceeding the u128 range.

Affected Components

ORML Rewards pallet (rewards/src/lib.rs)
Any Substrate-based chain using ORML Rewards with add_share accepting unvalidated large u128 inputs

Technical Details

add_share performs arithmetic on user-supplied values (add_amount) of type T::Share (mapped to u128 in Acala).
If add_amount is large enough (e.g., i128::MAX), the intermediate result may overflow and panic on the cast to u128.
Validation occurs only after arithmetic, enabling a crafted input to trigger an overflow.

Impact

A malicious user submitting a specially crafted extrinsic can cause a panic in the runtime:

Denial of Service by crashing the node process.
Potential for invalid blocks produced by validators.

Likelihood

This issue is exploitable in production if there exists at least one rewards pool where reward tokens exceed twice the collateral tokens, allowing sufficiently large multiplication to exceed u128 bounds.

Remediation

This issue is fixed in https://github.com/open-web3-stack/open-runtime-module-library/pull/1016

Backport

The patch have been backported to following release branches:

polkadot-stable2407
polkadot-stable2409

A 1.0.1 patch release is made with this fix.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🦀crates.io	`orml-rewards`	all versions	1.2.1`cargo update -p orml-rewards --precise 1.2.1`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for orml-rewards, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update orml-rewards to 1.2.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-5v93-9mqw-p9mh. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Summary A vulnerability in the `add_share` function of the **Rewards** pallet (part of the ORML repository) can lead to an uncaught Rust panic when handling user-provided input exceeding the `u128` range. ## Affected Components - **ORML Rewards** pallet (`rewards/src/lib.rs`) - Any Substrate-based chain using ORML Rewards with `add_share` accepting unvalidated large `u128` inputs ## Technical Details - `add_share` performs arithmetic on user-supplied values (`add_amount`) of type `T::Share` (mapped to `u128` in Acala). - If `add_amount` is large enough (e.g., `i128::MAX`), the intermediat

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