Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Aave
Hack or exploit on May 20, 2023 · Compatibility issues
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
About 110 million USD in WETH, USDT, WBTC, WMATIC in Aave V2 on Polygon cannot be withdrawn, nor can it be borrowed and repaid. This is because the interest rate strategy contract is only compatible with Ethereum, not Polygon. At present, Aave has submitted a patch to fix this problem, which will be deployed after voting. Funds are not at risk, but it takes at least a week for funds to be unfrozen.
Details
- Date
- May 20, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Compatibility issues
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Polygon
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Aave hack, May 20, 2023: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht2548a049bb/ (data as of 2026-10-31).