Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
Aperture LM
Hack or exploit on Jan 25, 2026 · Token Approval Abuse
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$3.7M
sources: $3.4M to $3.7M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#537
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On January 25, 2026, Aperture Finance V3/V4 contracts across Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum were exploited for $3.67M via arbitrary external call vulnerability. Insufficient validation allowed attackers to abuse existing ERC-20 and ERC-721 approvals and drain assets without key compromise.
Details
- Date
- Jan 25, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Token Approval Abuse
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Aperture LM hack, Jan 25, 2026: $3.7M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htc9a568bf3a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).