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← back to feed·REENTRANCY2023-04-11 · 3y ago
Incident · SLOWMIST

Paribus

Reentrancy Attack
Estimated loss
$100.0K
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
REENTRANCY
REENTRANCYBYTECODE CATCHABLEAI SCANNABLE
Root cause

Root-cause analysis not yet published. The incident description below contains all currently available signal — review the attack transaction directly for definitive forensics.

▰ PROOF OF CONCEPT
DEFIHACKLABS
src/test/2023-04/Paribus_exp.sol
view forked test on github ↗

Reproducible Foundry test fork from SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs. Clone the repo, run forge test against the file path above, and replay the exploit against a mainnet fork at the historical block. Use for reproduction only — not for live targets.

Forensic narrative

Paribus, the first cross-chain lending platform on Cardano, was attacked and lost about $100,000. The reason for the attack is that it uses a fork of an old version of Compound V2, which has a known reentrancy vulnerability. Attack method (per SlowMist): Reentrancy Attack. Reported loss: $ 100,000.

Primary source
https://twitter.com/peckshield/status/1645742296904929280
Sourced from
slowmist
Technical record
chain
protocol
Paribus
bug_class
reentrancy
date_occurred
2023-04-11
loss_usd
$100,000
source_id
sm:paribus::2023-04-11
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