# CVE-2023-30837: Vyper storage allocator overflow

- Also known as: PYSEC-2023-76, GHSA-MGV8-GGGW-MRG6
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.8
- Published: 2023-05-08 · Updated: 2025-01-29

## Affected

- vyperlang vyper: fixed in 0.3.8
- vyper (PyPI): fixed in 0.3.8

## Description

Vyper is a pythonic smart contract language for the EVM. The storage allocator does not guard against allocation overflows in versions prior to 0.3.8. An attacker can overwrite the owner variable. This issue was fixed in version 0.3.8.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vyperlang vyper, vyper, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.8) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/security/advisories/GHSA-mgv8-gggw-mrg6
- https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/commit/0bb7203b584e771b23536ba065a6efda457161bb

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