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DeFi Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Audit Guide

Here are three specific DeFi smart contract vulnerabilities suitable for inclusion in a professional audit report. Each entry includes the vulnerability type, technical mechanism, impact, and remediation strategy, formatted to meet industry standards (e.g., SWC Registry or OWASP Smart Contract Top 10 references).


1. Reentrancy Vulnerability in Reward Distribution

Vulnerability ID: SWC-107 / Reentrancy

Severity: High

Affected Function: claimRewards(address _user)

Technical Description

The claimRewards function allows a user to claim accrued staking rewards. The implementation uses the Checks-Effects-Interactions (CEI) anti-pattern incorrectly: it updates the user’s pending reward variable after making an external call to transfer tokens.


solidity
// Vulnerable Code Snippet
function claimRewards(address _user) external {
    uint

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