CVE-2023-42460: Vyper's `_abi_decode` input not validated in complex expressions

Impact

_abi_decode() does not validate input when it is nested in an expression. the following example gets correctly validated (bounds checked):

x: int128 = _abi_decode(slice(msg.data, 4, 32), int128)

however, the following example is not bounds checked

@external
def abi_decode(x: uint256) -> uint256:
 a: uint256 = convert(_abi_decode(slice(msg.data, 4, 32), (uint8)), uint256) + 1
 return a # abi_decode(256) returns: 257

the issue can be triggered by constructing an example where the output of _abi_decode is not internally passed to make_setter (an internal codegen routine) or other input validating routine.

Patches

https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/3626

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

References

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