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TI-2023-15363 Aliases CVE-2023-32059GHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g

Vyper vulnerable to incorrect ordering of arguments for kwargs passed to internal calls

Priority LOW 34CWE-683Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Vyper is a Pythonic smart contract language for the Ethereum virtual machine. Prior to version 0.3.8, internal calls with default arguments are compiled incorrectly. Depending on the number of arguments provided in the call, the defaults are added not right-to-left, but left-to-right. If the types are incompatible, typechecking is bypassed. The ability to pass kwargs to internal functions is an undocumented feature that is not well known about. The issue is patched in version 0.3.8.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00725 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed vyper (vyperlang): 0.3.8vyper (PyPI): 0.3.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
vyperlangvyperbefore 0.3.80.3.8Patch availableCNA
—vyper (PyPI)before 0.3.80.3.8Patch availableGHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g
  • vyper Vendorvyperlang Affected before 0.3.8 Fixed in 0.3.8 Patch available CNA
  • vyper (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.8 Fixed in 0.3.8 Patch available GHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vyperlang:vyper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.3.8Vulnerablevyperlang
  • cpe:2.3:a:vyperlang:vyper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.3.8 Vulnerable ·vyperlang

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA vyper (vyperlang) Fixed in 0.3.8
  • Fix · GHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g vyper (PyPI) Fixed in 0.3.8 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-32059
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2024-16182 Vyper bounds check on built-in `slice()` function can be overflowed CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-14992 concat built-in can corrupt memory in vyper CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-16184 Vyper array negative index vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-08657 Integer bounds error in Vyper CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-11796 Multiple evaluation of contract address in call in vyper CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2024-21531 vyper performs double eval of the argument of sqrt CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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