SuperRare

updateMerkleRoot Access Control Exploit

Estimated loss

$730.0K

VERDICT —UNRATED

Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.

▰ METHOD

updateMerkleRoot Access Control Exploit

ACCESS-CONTROLBYTECODE CATCHABLE →AI 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/2025-07/SuperRare_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

Classification: Protocol Logic. Technique: updateMerkleRoot Access Control Exploit. Target type: DeFi Protocol. Affected chains: Ethereum. Implementation language: Solidity.

Sourced from

DefiLlama Hacks dataset · api.llama.fi/hacks

Technical record