CVE-2026-42278 PUBLISHED

UltraDAG: Smart Account Spending Policy Bypass via Pockets

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.04.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

UltraDAG is a minimal DAG-BFT blockchain in Rust. Prior to commit fb6ef59, the UltraDAG StateEngine implementation of SmartTransferTx contains a critical logic flaw in its policy enforcement pipeline. When a transaction originates from a "Pocket" (a derived sub-address documented in the protocol as a way to organize funds), the engine fails to resolve the pocket's parent account before checking the spending policy. Because pockets are "virtual" addresses that exist only as entries in the pocket_to_parent map and do not have their own SmartAccountConfig entries, the check_spending_policy method defaults to an "authorized/no policy" result. This allow any user (or attacker in possession of a parent key) to instantly drain every pocket on an account, even if the parent account has a strict 24-hour vault delay or a 1 UDAG daily limit. This issue has been patched via commit fb6ef59.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor UltraDAGcom
Product core
Versions
  • Version < fb6ef59d6c1385400e7acea7ae31fc6a473c3051 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control CWE
  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE