mpp gas limit validation failure in broadcast_and_verify

Severity: high · Published 2026-09-25

mpp is an Elixir library that acts as a fee payer for blockchain transactions on behalf of clients. A missing validation allows malicious clients to set artificially low gas limits, causing transactions to fail after consuming gas that the server must pay for. An attacker can repeat this at no cost to drain the server's wallet and block legitimate transactions from being processed.

Technologies: ZenHive Mpp. Vendors: ZenHive.

Quick answers

Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
How severe is This vulnerability?
High severity, published 25 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
ZenHive Mpp 0.4.0.
Is there a fix for This vulnerability?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is This vulnerability attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected?
Check whether you run ZenHive Mpp at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The broadcast_and_verify function fails to validate whether the client-supplied gas_limit is sufficient before broadcasting a transaction. When wait_for_confirmation is true (default), no simulation occurs; when false, simulation omits the gas parameter and misses out-of-gas conditions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft transactions with insufficient gas, forcing the fee-payer server to absorb the consumed gas cost while the transaction reverts, enabling a zero-cost denial-of-service attack.

Affected products

  • ZenHive mpp 0.4.0

Timeline

  • 2026-09-25: disclosed

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