# smart-contract-vulnerabilities

This skill guides Solidity/EVM audits for reentrancy, access control, delegatecall, flash loans, signature replay and MEV attack patterns.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3500 installs · ★ 2547
- Author: yaklang
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities

## What it does

The skill provides an audit playbook for Solidity/EVM contracts. It covers single-function, cross-function, cross-contract and read-only reentrancy, integer overflow and truncation, access-control flaws, randomness manipulation, delegatecall, signature replay, front-running, MEV and CREATE2 attacks.

It includes attack flows, issue-and-mitigation tables, and proxy analysis for storage-layout and function-selector collisions. It also points to `cast selectors <bytecode>` from Foundry for enumerating selectors. The skill is set up for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI and OpenCode.

\`delegatecall` deserves a separate check: a storage-layout mismatch can overwrite a proxy owner. That is a concrete reason to compare proxy and implementation slots before treating an audit result as complete.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill smart-contract-vulnerabilities -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill smart-contract-vulnerabilities -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill smart-contract-vulnerabilities -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install yaklang/hack-skills smart-contract-vulnerabilities
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill smart-contract-vulnerabilities -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills --path skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add yaklang/hack-skills --skill smart-contract-vulnerabilities -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/yaklang/hack-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/smart-contract-vulnerabilities/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a contract for reentrancy
- find integer overflow and truncation bugs
- audit authorization and `tx.origin` usage
- inspect proxy risks from `delegatecall`
- trace MEV and front-running in token swaps

## Example prompts
- Audit `contracts/Vault.sol` for single-function, cross-function and read-only reentrancy.
- Review the Solidity files in `src/` for access-control flaws, `delegatecall`, arithmetic bugs and signature replay.
- Check whether `contracts/Proxy.sol` has storage-layout or function-selector collisions, then suggest fixes.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: smart-contract-vulnerabilities
description: >-
  Smart contract vulnerability playbook. Use when auditing Solidity/EVM contracts for reentrancy, integer overflow, access control, delegatecall, flash loan, signature replay, and MEV-related attack patterns.
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# SKILL: Smart Contract Vulnerabilities — Expert Attack Playbook

> **AI LOAD INSTRUCTION**: Expert smart contract audit techniques. Covers reentrancy (single, cross-function, cross-contract, read-only), integer overflow, access control, delegatecall, randomness manipulation, flash loans, signature replay, front-running/MEV, and CREATE2 exploitation. Base models miss subtle cross-contract reentrancy and storage layout collisions in proxy patterns.

## 0. RELATED ROUTING

- [defi-attack-patterns](../defi-attack-patterns/SKILL.md) when the vulnerability is part of a DeFi protocol exploit (flash loans, oracle manipulation, governance attacks)
- [deserialization-insecure](../deserialization-insecure/SKILL.md) when the target is off-chain infrastructure deserializing blockchain data

### Advanced Reference

Also load [SOLIDITY_VULN_PATTERNS.md](./SOLIDITY_VULN_PATTERNS.md) when you need:
- Side-by-side vulnerable vs fixed code patterns for each vulnerability class
- Gas optimization traps that introduce vulnerabilities
- Proxy pattern storage collision examples with slot calculations

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## 1. REENTRANCY

The most iconic smart contract vulnerability. External calls transfer execution control; if state is not updated before the call, the callee can re-enter.

### 1.1 Classic Reentrancy (Single-Function)

```
Victim.withdraw()
  ├── checks balance[msg.sender] > 0          ✓
  ├── msg.sender.call{value: balance}("")     ← external call
  │   └── Attacker.receive()
  │       └── Victim.withdraw()               ← re-enters before state update
  │           ├── checks balance[msg.sender]   ← still > 0!
  │           └── sends ETH again
  └── balance[msg.sender] = 0                 ← too late
```

### 1.2 Cross-Function Reentrancy

Two functions share state; attacker re-enters a different function during callback:

| Step | Execution | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call `withdraw()` → external call | balance still positive |
| 2 | Attacker fallback calls `transfer(attacker2)` | balance used before reset |
| 3 | `transfer` reads stale balance → moves funds | attacker2 receives tokens |
| 4 | Original `withdraw` completes, zeroes balance | damage done |

### 1.3 Cross-Contract Reentrancy
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