Cyrus Finance Hack

TOTAL LOST $5.0M
Medium Flashloan Pool Shares Exploit bsc

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Affected Chain bsc Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #423 By amount stolen
Protocol Type Dexs Target category

Incident Overview

Cub Finance (CUB) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2021and operates on the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) platform. Cub Finance has a current supply of 0. The last known price of Cub Finance is 0.00090991 USD and is down -0.49 over the last 24 hours.

It is currently trading on 18 active market(s) with $87.35 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://cubdefi.com.

Incident Report

Protocol / Project Cyrus Finance
Date of Incident
Affected Chain(s) bsc
Attack Technique Flashloan Pool Shares Exploit
Classification Protocol Logic
Primary Source View Post-Mortem

Protocol Information

Protocol Type Dexs
Smart Contract Language Solidity
Official Website cubdefi.com
Protocol Twitter/X @financeleo

Market Context at Time of Hack

Token Categories
BNB Chain Ecosystem

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.

Technical Knowledge Deep understanding of flashloan pool shares exploit and Solidity and EVM internals
Capital Required Seed capital to cover gas and initial position setup
On-Chain Access Ability to interact with bsc smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract
Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in Cyrus Finance's contract logic - root cause: protocol logic
Execution Speed Precise transaction ordering and timing to exploit the vulnerability within a single atomic block
Obfuscation Plan A strategy to launder and move stolen funds - typically through mixers, cross-chain bridges, or decentralized DEX swaps to resist tracing

What Auditors Should Check

Could this have been caught in audit? Likely — with a thorough Flashloan Pool Shares Exploit audit checklist and test coverage

If you're auditing a protocol with similar architecture to Cyrus Finance, these are the critical security checks that could have prevented this incident (March 2026).

  • Verify all logic paths related to Flashloan Pool Shares Exploit are guarded by proper access controls and input validation - see the Flash Loans Attacks attack class for patterns
  • 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

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Sources & References

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