CVE-2026-62333
Severity not reportedOpenVM is a performant and modular zkVM framework built for customization and extensibility.
OpenVM is a performant and modular zkVM framework built for customization and extensibility. Before 1.7.0 in the 1.x line and in affected 2.0 and 2.1 prereleases, `MemoryMerkleAir` does not forbid Merkle expansion rows at `parent_height` = 0 or below while `expand_direction` != 0. A malicious prover can fabricate a subtree below a memory leaf and swap digests inside that subtree to change the committed memory root without a corresponding memory operation. The fraudulent rows still balance against the Merkle and compression buses and require no memory-bus operation for the changed leaf. Because the memory Merkle root binds VM memory state across continuation segment boundaries, this affects the soundness of OpenVM proofs using persistent memory. This issue is fixed in versions 1.7.0, 2.0.0-rc.3 and 2.1.0-preview.
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/blob/v2.0.0-alpha/crates/vm/src/system/memory/merkle/... security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/blob/v2.0.0-beta.2/crates/vm/src/system/memory/merkle... security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/blob/v2.1.0-dev.0/crates/vm/src/system/memory/merkle/... security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/commit/bb123f6073691bd2b794171c594264c77e45c376 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/pull/148 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/releases/tag/v1.7.0 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.3 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/releases/tag/v2.1.0-preview security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/openvm-org/openvm/security/advisories/GHSA-396x-v8w4-9x82 security-advisories@github.com
