The identified issue presents a significant risk to the Venus protocol, particularly if a TWAP oracle is employed, as it could facilitate a price manipulation attack and result in the loss of user funds locked within the protocol. Although we have not discovered any instances of the TWAP oracle currently in use, documentation indicates that it may serve as the primary oracle for certain assets.

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