Incident Overview
Balancer is a protocol for programmable liquidity.
Incident Report
Protocol Information
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 Balancer V2, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (August 2023).
- 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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Free TrialSecurity Audit History
- Audit Report 1 Report
Proof-of-Concept Exploits
On-Chain Evidence & References
Sources & References
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