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CVE-2026-45137
solana-foundation anchor — Anchor: Program<'info, System> is not properly validated
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U L H N 8.2 .0038 29.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
anchor >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.2 – —
TIMELINE
May 8 Reserved by GitHub_M
May 27 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Aug 26 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-45137 (solana-foundation anchor). Public exploit reference added.
Description
Anchor is a framework providing several convenient developer tools for writing Solana programs. From 1.0.0 to before 1.0.2, an logic error causes anchor programs to accept any program id when requiring the system program id, causing false assumptions resulting in potential arbitrary cpi in programs that invoke system program instructions. In the TryFrom<&'a AccountInfo<'a>> implementation for Program<'a, T>, the id of T is compared with Pubkey::default() to check whether anchor should allow any executable account, or a specific account, because when no T is supplied, T defaults to (), which implements Id::id() by returning Pubkey::default(). This results in T = () and T = System (which has Pubkey::default() as the id) having the same behavior, both allow any executable account. Programs built with anchor assume that the anchor runtime verifies passed in programs of type Program<'a, System> are in fact the system program. This false assumption can lead to arbitrary CPI or payment bypassing when programs try making CPI calls to the system program using the passed in system program due to the fact that the attacker can pass in any program instead of the system program. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.2.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 8, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| May 27, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
| August 26, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-45137 (solana-foundation anchor). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| solana-foundation | anchor | — | >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.2 | — |
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