Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
CivFund
Hack or exploit on Jul 9, 2023 · Token Approval Abuse
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$180K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,524
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
CivFund had unrestricted token approvals that allowed an attacker to drain users' approved funds. The exploit abused callback functions to execute unauthorized fund transfers to Uniswap for liquidation.
Details
- Date
- Jul 9, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Token Approval Abuse
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "CivFund hack, Jul 9, 2023: $180K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4ce94ddde0/ (data as of 2026-10-31).