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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.","status":"published","published":"2023-05-11T21:01:11.456Z","modified":"2025-01-24T15:54:40.006Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-683"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:29.01154Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-0272","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2023-05-11T21:01:11Z","modified":"2025-01-24T15:54:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:14.026358Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g","title":"Vyper vulnerable to incorrect ordering of arguments for kwargs passed to internal calls","description":"### Impact\n\nInternal calls to internal functions with more than 1 default argument are compiled incorrectly. Depending on the number of arguments\nprovided in the call, the defaults are added not right-to-left, but left-to-right. If the types are incompatible,\ntypechecking is bypassed. In the `bar()` function in the following code, `self.foo(13)` is compiled to\n`self.foo(13,12)` instead of `self.foo(13,1337)`.\n\n```vyper\n@internal\ndef foo(a:uint256 = 12, b:uint256 = 1337):\n    pass\n\n@internal\ndef bar():\n    self.foo(13)\n```\n\nnote that at the time of publication, the ability to pass kwargs to internal functions is an undocumented feature that does not seem to be widely used.\n\n### Patches\npatched in c3e68c302aa6e1429946473769dd1232145822ac\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n","status":"published","published":"2023-05-12T20:21:00Z","modified":"2024-11-19T16:33:05Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-683"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:21.777721Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-32059","description":"Vyper is a Pythonic smart contract language for the Ethereum virtual machine. 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The issue is patched in version 0.3.8.","status":"published","published":"2023-05-11T22:15:11.803Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:57:59.2Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-683"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:02.399327Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-32059","title":"Vyper vulnerable to incorrect ordering of arguments for kwargs passed to internal calls","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2023-05-11T21:01:11.456Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:29.225076494Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-683"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.790231Z"},{"id":"GHSA-ph9x-4vc9-m39g","title":"Vyper vulnerable to incorrect ordering of arguments for kwargs passed to internal calls","description":"### Impact\n\nInternal calls to internal functions with more than 1 default argument are compiled incorrectly. Depending on the number of arguments\nprovided in the call, the defaults are added not right-to-left, but left-to-right. If the types are incompatible,\ntypechecking is bypassed. In the `bar()` function in the following code, `self.foo(13)` is compiled to\n`self.foo(13,12)` instead of `self.foo(13,1337)`.\n\n```vyper\n@internal\ndef foo(a:uint256 = 12, b:uint256 = 1337):\n    pass\n\n@internal\ndef bar():\n    self.foo(13)\n```\n\nnote that at the time of publication, the ability to pass kwargs to internal functions is an undocumented feature that does not seem to be widely used.\n\n### Patches\npatched in c3e68c302aa6e1429946473769dd1232145822ac\n\n### Workarounds\n_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_\n\n### References\n_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_\n","status":"published","published":"2023-05-12T20:21:00Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:01.672293094Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"},{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-683"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:53.244788Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2023-79","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2023-05-11T22:15:00Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:12:32.885897Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:53.837392Z"}]}}