---
id: "GHSA-86h5-xcpx-cfqc"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["GHSA-86h5-xcpx-cfqc", "GO-2024-2584"]
title: "Slashing evasion in github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk", "fixed": ["0.47.10", "0.50.5"], "affected": ">= 0.50.0, < 0.50.5", "ecosystem": "go"}]
ecosystems: ["go"]
tags: ["blockchain", "cosmos-sdk", "go", "package", "validators"]
not_affected_if: ["version-at-or-above-fixed"]
published_at: "2024-03-05T19:43:51+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:13:08+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T05:41:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "govuln", "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2584", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:08+00:00"}]
---

# Slashing evasion in github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk

A flaw in the Cosmos SDK Go module lets a validator avoid slashing penalties it should receive. The sources do not say what triggers it or how much impact it has on a live chain.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- go:github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk affected >= 0.50.0, < 0.50.5 fixed 0.47.10, 0.50.5

## How to check

- Run `go list -m github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk` in the chain or application module to read the resolved version.
- Check that the version is below `0.50.5` on the 0.50 line, or below `0.47.10` on the 0.47 line.

## Fix

- Upgrade `github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk` to `0.50.5` or later on the 0.50 line, or to `0.47.10` or later on the 0.47 line.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:13:08+00:00 govuln https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2584

## From the sources

Slashing evasion in github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk

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