CVE-2025-53359
ethereum does not check transaction malleability for EIP-2930, EIP-1559 and EIP-7702 transactions
Impact
### Impact 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 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. ### Patches The issue is fixed in `ethereum` v0.18.0 ### Workarounds You can also manually check transaction malleability outside of the crate. But it's recommended to simply upgrade the version. ### References See PR: https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/pull/67
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rust | ethereum | < 0.18.0 | 0.18.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/commit/2dd9d1d5d0936ec7350093ff3a5a7169a349db77
- https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/pull/67
- https://github.com/rust-ethereum/ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w94-vq2x-v5wr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53359