CVE-2025-27105 — vyper
CVE-2025-27105 is a Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in vyper. A fix is available for vyper — see the affected versions and patch details below.
AugAssign evaluation order causing OOB write within the object in Vyper
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-27105.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
vyperReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Vyper handles AugAssign statements by first caching the target location to avoid double evaluation. However, in the case when target is an access to a DynArray and the rhs modifies the array, the cached target will evaluate first, and the bounds check will not be re-evaluated during the write portion of the statement. In other words, the following code
def poc():
a: DynArray[uint256, 2] = [1, 2]
a[1] += a.pop()
is equivalent to:
def poc():
a: DynArray[uint256, 2] = [1, 2]
a[1] += a[len(a) - 1]
a.pop()
rather than:
def poc():
a: DynArray[uint256, 2] = [1, 2]
s: uint256 = a[1]
t: uint256 = a.pop()
a[1] = s + t # reverts due to oob access
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | vyper | all versions | 0.4.1pip install --upgrade 'vyper==0.4.1' |
Affected Products
vypervyperlangDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for vyper, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update vyper to 0.4.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-27105 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop feeding it untrusted input: reject or quarantine files and payloads from unverified sources until you can upgrade, restrict accepted formats to the ones you actually need, and run the parsing or decoding step in a least-privileged sandbox or short-lived worker so a crash or corrupted read cannot reach the rest of the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-27105 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.