Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Polynomial Protocol
Hack or exploit on Dec 12, 2022 · Contract Vulnerability
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Polynomial Protocol has a loophole in optimism's deposit contract. The problem stems from the swapAndDeposit() function, which has no restrictions on its input. Anyone can pass in an address and maliciously construct swapData to steal contract-approved tokens.
Details
- Date
- Dec 12, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Contract Vulnerability
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Polynomial Protocol hack, Dec 12, 2022: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht181b8a211a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).