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DeFi Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Audit Guide

Here are three specific DeFi smart contract vulnerabilities, described in the format typically found in a professional security audit report. Each entry includes the vulnerability class, technical explanation, potential impact, and remediation advice.

1. Reentrancy Attack via Unchecked External Calls

Vulnerability Class: CWE-841 (Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow) / Reentrancy

Severity: Critical

Location: SwapContract.withdraw() function, lines 142–158

Description:

The withdraw() function allows users to reclaim their deposited assets. The contract first updates the user’s balance in the internal state variable balances[msg.sender] after executing an external call to transfer tokens via token.safeTransfer(msg.sender, amount). This violates the Checks-Effects-Interactions pattern.

An attacker can deploy a malicious contract that calls withdraw(). During the external safeTransfer call, the

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