CVE-2024-51424: Ethereum

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue in the PepeGxng smart contract (which can be run on the Ethereum blockchain) allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via the Owned.setOwner function. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because the impact is limited to function calls.

Affected products

• Ethereum Ethereum: version 1.12.2 only

Published 2024-10-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.