CVE-2023-31146

criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.24% (69th) EPSS
CVSS 9.1 · critical
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Vyper is a Pythonic smart contract language for the Ethereum virtual machine. Prior to version 0.3.8, during codegen, the length word of a dynarray is written before the data, which can result in out-of-bounds array access in the case where the dynarray is on both the lhs and rhs of an assignment. The issue can cause data corruption across call frames. The expected behavior is to revert due to out-of-bounds array access. Version 0.3.8 contains a patch for this issue.

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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (3)

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  • GHSA-3p37-3636-q8wvVyper vulnerable to OOB DynArray access when array is on both LHS and RHS of an assignment2023-05-12ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact during codegen, the length word of a dynarray is written before the data, which can result in OOB array access in the case where the dynarray is on both the lhs and rhs of an assignment. here is a minimal example producing the issue: ```vyper a:DynArray[uint256,3] @external def test() -> DynArray[uint256,3]: self.a = [1,2,3] self.a = empty(DynArray[uint256,3]) self.a = [self.a[0],self.a[1],self.a[2]] return self.a # return [1,2,3] ``` and here is an example demonstrating the issue can cause data corruption across call frames: ```vyper @external def test() -> DynArray[uint256,3]: self.a() return self.b() # return [1,2,3] @internal def a(): a: uint256 = 0 b: uint256 = 1 c: uint256 = 2 d: uint256 = 3 @internal def b() -> DynArray[uint256,3]: a: DynArray[uint256,3] = empty(DynArray[uint256,3]) a = [a[0],a[1],a[2]] return a ``` examples involving append and pop: ```vyper @internal def foo(): c: DynArray[uint256, 1] = [] c.append(c[0]) ``` ```vyper @internal def foo(): c: DynArray[uint256, 1] = [1] c[0] = c.pop() ``` the expected behavior in all of the above cases is to revert due to oob array access. ### Patches patched in 4f8289a81206f767df1900ac48f485d90fc87edb ### Workarounds _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_ ### References _Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_

  • PYSEC-2023-772023-05-11vendor · osvUS

    Vyper is a Pythonic smart contract language for the Ethereum virtual machine. Prior to version 0.3.8, during codegen, the length word of a dynarray is written before the data, which can result in out-of-bounds array access in the case where the dynarray is on both the lhs and rhs of an assignment. The issue can cause data corruption across call frames. The expected behavior is to revert due to out-of-bounds array access. Version 0.3.8 contains a patch for this issue.

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published 2023-05-11modified 2026-06-17
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