Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
ZetaChain
Hack or exploit on Apr 27, 2026 · Token Approval Abuse
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$334K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,281
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On April 26-27, 2026, ZetaChain's GatewayZEVM contract was exploited due to missing access control in call() and unrestricted external calls in GatewayEVM.execute(). Attacker drained $333,868 in USDC/USDT across four chains from team wallets by leveraging standing token approvals.
Details
- Date
- Apr 27, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Token Approval Abuse
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- Chain
- Chains
- Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BNB Chain
Reported by
Related incidents
Aperture LM 2026 · Hack or exploit · $3.7M
Limit Break Payment Processor 2026 · Hack or exploit · $1.8M
Ekubo 2026 · Hack or exploit · $1.4M
Gondi V3 2026 · Hack or exploit · $230K
Asterix 2026 · Hack or exploit · $40K
Limit Break Payment Processor 2026 · Hack or exploit · $1.8M
Ekubo 2026 · Hack or exploit · $1.4M
Gondi V3 2026 · Hack or exploit · $230K
Asterix 2026 · Hack or exploit · $40K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "ZetaChain hack, Apr 27, 2026: $334K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht6e742818fd/ (data as of 2026-10-31).