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What Is a Reentrancy Attack? A 2026 Guide

CODESPECTApril 20, 20261 min read

What is reentrancy?

TODO(author): one-paragraph definition tying reentrancy to the call/external-call boundary in the EVM.

Classic reentrancy

TODO(author): walk through the DAO-era pattern. Single-function reentrancy. The role of check-effects-interactions.

Modern variants

Read-only reentrancy

TODO(author): explain how view functions returning stale state during an external call can still be weaponized (e.g. Curve, Balancer).

Cross-contract reentrancy

TODO(author): explain when a reentrant call enters a sibling contract that shares state.

Cross-function reentrancy

TODO(author): explain reentrancy across functions that share storage.

Cross-chain reentrancy

TODO(author): briefly, message-passing layers introducing new re-entry surfaces.

How to prevent reentrancy

TODO(author): nonReentrant modifiers, check-effects-interactions, pull-over-push, transient storage (EIP-1153), and formal invariants to assert.

What CODESPECT checks for

TODO(author): how CODESPECT audits look for these patterns; link to /web3-security.

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