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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2023-39363 EUVD-2023-0265GHSA-5824-cm3x-3c38PYSEC-2023-142

Vyper incorrectly allocated named re-entrancy locks

Published Aug 7, 2023 · Updated Oct 11, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). In versions 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0, named re-entrancy locks are allocated incorrectly. Each function using a named re-entrancy lock gets a unique lock regardless of the key, allowing cross-function re-entrancy in contracts compiled with the susceptible versions. A specific set of conditions is required to result in misbehavior of affected contracts, specifically: a `.vy` contract compiled with `vyper` versions `0.2.15`, `0.2.16`, or `0.3.0`; a primary function that utilizes the `@nonreentrant` decorator with a specific `key` and does not strictly follow the check-effects-interaction pattern (i.e. contains an external call to an untrusted party before storage updates); and a secondary function that utilizes the same `key` and would be affected by the improper state caused by the primary function. Version 0.3.1 contains a fix for this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
vyperlang vyper = 0.2.15, = 0.2.16, = 0.3.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI vyper >= 0.2.15, < 0.3.1 0.3.1 GHSA-5824-cm3x-3c38
PyPI vyper all versions — PYSEC-2023-142

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