Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Superfluid
Hack or exploit on Feb 8, 2022 · Missing Input Validation
SOURCES DISAGREE ON DATE OR LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$8.7M
sources: $8.7M to $13M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#333
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On February 8, 2022 Superfluid (money streaming protocol on Polygon) suffered an exploit of approximately $8.7 million via a vulnerability in the CTX (context) validation mechanism where the attacker injected a forged context containing an arbitrary sender address, allowing agreement contracts to execute transfers on behalf of other accounts.
Details
- Date
- Feb 8, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Missing Input Validation
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Polygon, Ethereum
- Audit (rekt.news)
- Peckshield
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Superfluid hack, Feb 8, 2022: $8.7M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htfaef8fd33f/ (data as of 2026-10-31).