Scallop Lend Hack

TOTAL LOST $142K
Low Reward Logic Flaw sui
Affected Chain sui Incident surface
Recovered - No recovery reported
All-Time Rank #1716 By amount stolen
Year 2026 Incident year

Incident Report

Protocol / Project Scallop Lend
Date of Incident
Affected Chain(s) sui
Attack Technique Reward Logic Flaw
Classification Protocol Logic

What the Attacker Needed to Succeed

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Technical Knowledge Deep understanding of reward logic flaw and Solidity and EVM internals
Capital Required Seed capital to cover gas and initial position setup
On-Chain Access Ability to interact with sui smart contracts and deploy a custom exploit contract
Protocol Analysis Identification of the exploitable vulnerability in Scallop Lend'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 Reward Logic Flaw audit checklist and test coverage

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

  • Verify all logic paths related to Reward Logic Flaw are guarded by proper access controls and input validation
  • 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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