GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-c6rr-7pmc-73wc ENS DNSSEC Oracle Vulnerable to RSA Signature Forgery via Missing PKCS#1 v1.5 Padding Validation
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-22866
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @ensdomains/ens-contracts
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-25
Affected packages
• npm @ensdomains/ens-contracts: <= 1.6.2 (no fix yet)
Description
Impact
The `RSASHA256Algorithm` and `RSASHA1Algorithm` contracts fail to validate PKCS#1 v1.5 padding structure when verifying RSA signatures. The contracts only check if the last 32 (or 20) bytes of the decrypted signature match the expected hash. This enables Bleichenbacher's 2006 signature forgery attack against DNS zones using RSA keys with low public exponents (e=3). Two ENS-supported TLDs (.cc and .name) use e=3 for their Key Signing Keys, allowing any domain under these TLDs to be fraudulently claimed on ENS without DNS ownership.
Affected contracts
Contract | Address | Status
-- | -- | --
RSASHA256Algorithm | 0x9D1B5a639597f558bC37Cf81813724076c5C1e96 | Vulnerable
RSASHA1Algorithm | 0x6ca8624Bc207F043D140125486De0f7E624e37A1 | Vulnerable
DNSSECImpl | 0x0fc3152971714E5ed7723FAFa650F86A4BaF30C5 | Uses vulnerable algorithms
DNSRegistrar | 0xB32cB5677a7C971689228EC835800432B339bA2B | Attack entry point
Patches
The bug was reported via Immunefi with possible solutions. The patch was merged at https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts/commit/c76c5ad0dc9de1c966443bd946fafc6351f87587
Workarounds
• Deploy the patched contracts
• Point DNSSECImpl.setAlgorithm to the deployed contract
Resources
https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts-bug-62248-pr-509
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-22866 Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature weakness
References
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-c6rr-7pmc-73wc web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22866 advisory
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts/commit/c76c5ad0dc9de1c966443bd946fafc6351f87587 web
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts package
- https://github.com/ensdomains/ens-contracts-bug-62248-pr-509 web