SNARK Verifier is a generic (S)NARK verifier. Prior to 0.2.5, the Halo 2 aggregation circuit can mishandle proof points encoded as the point at infinity. `EcPointLoader::multi_scalar_multiplication` places a `Value::Assigned(_)` base paired with `Value::Constant(ONE)` into its unscaled variable-base list and passes it directly to `sum_with_const`. The default shim delegates to halo2-lib `EccChip::sum`, whose incomplete affine addition assumes nonidentity input points. A prover-controlled proof point encoded as `(0, 0)` can therefore enter the final aggregation sum through the scalar-one shortcut and affect the MSM or accumulator computation. Practical exploitability depends on the surrounding aggregation and final-decider checks; the advisory does not establish universal acceptance of invalid proofs. This issue is fixed in version 0.2.5.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.9 · axiom-cryptoNVD modified 2026-10-30 20:00
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 4
- https://github.com/axiom-crypto/snark-verifier/security/advisories/GHSA-x26x-7f4v-cqx7 x_refsource_confirm
- https://github.com/axiom-crypto/halo2-lib/commit/f53be0939e2accf0dd7672b1a4abe80af73dadf3 x_refsource_misc
- https://github.com/axiom-crypto/snark-verifier/commit/bbfcc721d714bea0d44a27c8fc6c4736e73ca853 x_refsource_misc
- https://github.com/axiom-crypto/snark-verifier/releases/tag/v0.2.5 x_refsource_misc