CVE-2026-32322CWE-697

soroban-sdk: `Fr` scalar field equality comparison bypasses modular reduction

Medium · published March 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
26.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

soroban-sdk is a Rust SDK for Soroban contracts. Prior to 22.0.11, 23.5.3, and 25.3.0, The Fr (scalar field) types for BN254 and BLS12-381 in soroban-sdk compared values using their raw U256 representation without first reducing modulo the field modulus r. This caused mathematically equal field elements to compare as not-equal when one or both values were unreduced (i.e., >= r). The vulnerability requires an attacker to supply crafted Fr values through contract inputs, and compare them directly without going through host-side arithmetic operations. Smart contracts that rely on Fr equality checks for security-critical logic could produce incorrect results. The impact depends on how the affected contract uses Fr equality comparisons, but can result in incorrect authorization decisions or validation bypasses in contracts that perform equality checks on user-supplied scalar values. This vulnerability is fixed in 22.0.11, 23.5.3, and 25.3.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00338 · 26.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-697 · Incorrect Comparison
Published
2026-03-12T21:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAR 21:39Z
    soroban-sdk: `Fr` scalar field equality comparison bypasses modular reduction
    cvelistv5