Leaderboard
182All-time rank
Cork V1
May 28, 2025
$12.0M
Lost
$12.0M
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$12.0M
Unrecovered0% recovered
On May 28, 2025, Cork Protocol suffered a $12 million exploit when an attacker created fraudulent market structures with an unprotected beforeSwap hook lacking authorization checks. Missing input validation on market configuration and token validation logic allowed the attacker to create fake token derivatives, draining 3,761 wstETH.
- Target
- DeFi
- Classification
- Access Control
- Technique
- Improper Access Control
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum
Event timeline
- May 28, 2025Exploit executed — $12.0M drained via improper access control
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%
