Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This CVE describes an intentional backdoor in Soar Labs Soar Coin smart-contract code. The reported effect is direct theft of Soar Coins by the central account controlled by Soar Labs after payment processing. For holders or businesses that accepted Soar Coin, the concern is asset loss and trust failure, not a conventional server compromise.
Executive priority
Treat this as high priority only if the organization held, accepted, or integrated Soar Coin. The main business risk is direct financial loss and counterparty exposure. If there is no Soar Coin dependency, record the CVE as not applicable after validation.
Technical view
The CVE identifies vulnerable Soar Coin code through git commit 4a2aa71ee21014e2880a3f7aad11091ed6ad434f. The named function is zero_fee_transaction(), tied to an onlycentralAccount privilege. Public metadata does not provide CVSS, CWE, CPE, or patched-version details, so validation should focus on code provenance and transaction exposure.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to parties holding, integrating, accepting, or auditing Soar Labs Soar Coin based on the referenced vulnerable code. The CVE affected-product fields are nonspecific, so do not assume broader cryptocurrency or wallet exposure without matching this code or contract lineage.
Exploitation context
The CVE itself describes theft as the outcome. A cited BankInfoSecurity article reports a real-world $5 million loss involving a backdoored cryptocurrency. The CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle, and the sources do not establish ongoing active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is strong for the described backdoor in the named code path, but weak for standardized vulnerability metadata. No CVSS, CWE, CPE, fixed release, or vendor mitigation is present in the bundle. Avoid extrapolating beyond Soar Coin without code or contract matching.
Mitigation direction
- Stop accepting or transacting with affected Soar Coin code until provenance is confirmed.
- Check official project or vendor guidance for any replacement, migration, or compensation process.
- Move business workflows away from unaudited contracts with privileged transfer logic.
- Preserve transaction, wallet, and integration records for incident review.
- Require independent smart-contract review before trusting any successor token.
Validation and detection
- Inventory wallets, exchanges, payment flows, and archives for Soar Coin exposure.
- Compare deployed or stored source code to the referenced vulnerable commit.
- Review contract logic for zero_fee_transaction() and onlycentralAccount behavior.
- Analyze historical transactions for unexpected transfers to the central account.
- Confirm whether any replacement contract was independently audited before use.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neowenyuan27/SoarCoin/master/wallet/soarcoinv2.solCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/exclusive-aussie-firm-loses-5m-to-backdoored-cryptocurrency-a-11057CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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