Incident Overview
Aave (AAVE) is a cryptocurrency and operates on the Ethereum platform. Aave has a current supply of 16,000,000 with 15,374,583.59191952 in circulation. The last known price of Aave is 110.50904122 USD and is down -6.73 over the last 24 hours.
It is currently trading on 1271 active market(s) with $374,012,733.12 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://aave.com/.
Incident Report
What the Attacker Needed to Succeed
Understanding the prerequisites for this type of attack helps auditors identify protocols that are most at risk and helps developers build better defenses.
What Auditors Should Check
If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Aave V3, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (March 2026).
- Verify all logic paths related to CAPO Oracle Misconfiguration are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation attack class for patterns
- Audit oracle price feeds for manipulation risks - ensure time-weighted average prices (TWAPs) or multi-source aggregators are used, not spot prices
- Review privileged functions (owner, admin, governance) for potential abuse vectors - centralization risks should be documented and bounded with timelocks or multi-sigs
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Related Attack Classes
The technique used in this hack maps to these vulnerability classes in our security curriculum:
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