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TI-2023-20906 Aliases CVE-2023-40015GHSA-g2xh-c426-v8mf

Vyper: reversed order of side effects for some operations

Priority LOW 25CWE-670Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language. For the following (probably non-exhaustive) list of expressions, the compiler evaluates the arguments from right to left instead of left to right. `unsafe_add, unsafe_sub, unsafe_mul, unsafe_div, pow_mod256, |, &, ^ (bitwise operators), bitwise_or (deprecated), bitwise_and (deprecated), bitwise_xor (deprecated), raw_call, <, >, <=, >=, ==, !=, in, not in (when lhs and rhs are enums)`. This behaviour becomes a problem when the evaluation of one of the arguments produces side effects that other arguments depend on. The following expressions can produce side-effect: state modifying external call , state modifying internal call, `raw_call`, `pop()` when used on a Dynamic Array stored in the storage, `create_minimal_proxy_to`, `create_copy_of`, `create_from_blueprint`. This issue has not yet been patched. Users are advised to make sure that the arguments of the expression do not produce side effects or, if one does, that no other argument is dependent on those side effects.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00492 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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
vyperlangvyperup to 0.4.0—No fix listedCNA
—vyper (PyPI)up to 0.4.2—No fix listedGHSA-g2xh-c426-v8mf
  • vyper Vendorvyperlang Affected up to 0.4.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • vyper (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.4.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-g2xh-c426-v8mf

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vyperlang:vyper:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*up to 0.3.9Vulnerablevyperlang
  • cpe:2.3:a:vyperlang:vyper:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* Versions up to 0.3.9 Vulnerable ·vyperlang

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40015
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g2xh-c426-v8mf

References

  • 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