Security incident · 2024-01-16
Bungee
According to the public DefiLlama incident dataset, Bungee (Ethereum) suffered a security incident on 2024-01-16, with about $3.3M reported lost.
| Date | 2024-01-16 |
|---|---|
| Reported loss | $3.3M |
| Chain | Ethereum |
| Target type | DeFi Protocol |
| Technique class | Input Validation |
| Technique | Missing Input Validation |
| Bridge incident | Yes |
| Within 2024 | #54 by loss that year, 0.2% of all reported losses that year |
How this kind of attack works
The contract did not check the parameters it received, and the attacker passed crafted data that made it do something it should not.
Would a pre-payment check have helped
Missing input validation is a contract code defect for code audits.
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