SARMF: Smart Contract Automated Remediation and Mitigation Framework v1

Abstract

SARMF (Smart Contract Automated Remediation and Mitigation Framework) is a structured and reproducible security engineering pipeline designed for vulnerability detection, taxonomy alignment, automated remediation, and adversarial validation of Ethereum-compatible smart contracts. This operational protocol presents a structured workflow for smart contract vulnerability detection and automated mitigation within blockchain-based systems. The methodology integrates deterministic environment setup, multi-tool static analysis, vulnerability normalization using standardized taxonomies, rule-based automated patch generation, and dynamic adversarial validation. By combining static detection tools with controlled refactoring patterns and behavioral verification, the framework ensures reproducibility, traceability, and measurable performance impact assessment. The protocol concludes with comprehensive audit reporting and archival procedures to support transparency and independent verification. This workflow provides a systematic foundation for secure smart contract lifecycle management in decentralized applications. Unlike traditional audit checklists, this framework operationalizes vulnerability detection, taxonomy alignment, automated remediation generation, and validation feedback loops into a unified reproducible security engineering pipeline. Key Contributions of SARMF: Deterministic environment and compilation reproducibility model. Unified multi-tool vulnerability normalization aligned with SWC taxonomy. Rule-based automated mitigation generation preserving semantic integrity. Iterative validation loop combining static, adversarial, and fuzz testing. Structured audit archival enabling independent verification and traceability.