# CVE-2023-39363: Vyper incorrectly allocated named re-entrancy locks

- Also known as: GHSA-5824-CM3X-3C38, PYSEC-2023-142
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H/E:A
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.1
- Published: 2023-08-07 · Updated: 2024-10-11

## Affected

- vyperlang vyper: 0.2.15, 0.2.16, 0.3.0
- vyper (PyPI): from 0.2.15, fixed in 0.3.1
- vyper (PyPI): all versions

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/security/advisories/GHSA-5824-cm3x-3c38
- https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2439
- https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2514
- https://hackmd.io/@LlamaRisk/BJzSKHNjn
- https://hackmd.io/@vyperlang/HJUgNMhs2

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