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← back to feed·ZKSYNCDONATION-ATTACK2025-03-29 · 1y ago
Incident · DEFILLAMA

Venus Core Pool

Donation Attack
Estimated loss
$902.0K
VERDICT —UNRATED
Verdict pending. Auto-ingested incidents are reviewed before a public verdict is rendered.
▰ METHOD
Donation Attack
DONATION-ATTACKBYTECODE 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/2025-02/Venus_ZKSync_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: Donation Attack. Target type: DeFi Protocol. Affected chains: zkSync Era. Implementation language: Solidity.

Sourced from
DefiLlama Hacks dataset · api.llama.fi/hacks
Technical record
chain
zksync era
protocol
Venus Core Pool
bug_class
donation-attack
date_occurred
2025-03-29
loss_usd
$902,000
classification
Protocol Logic
technique
Donation Attack
target_type
DeFi Protocol
language
Solidity
source_id
dl:212
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donation-attack
$240.0K
UNRATED
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