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ZetaChain Dismissed Bug Report Before $334K Exploit

ZetaChain dismissed a bug bounty report on a vulnerability that enabled a $334,000 exploit via its cross-chain gateway. The incident prompts a review of bug bounty processes and includes a patch rollout.

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ZetaChain dismisses a bug bounty report on its cross-chain gateway before an exploit drains $334,000 from ZetaChain wallets across nine transactions on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BSC. No user funds affected. Post-mortem cites three design flaws enabling arbitrary instructions and unlimited approvals in a premeditated attack. ZetaChain patches arbitrary calls, switches to exact approvals, and improves bounty reviews.

ZetaChain's vulnerability behind a $334,000 exploit was reported through its bug bounty program before the attack but dismissed as intended behavior.

The team published a post-mortem on Wednesday detailing the Sunday incident, which targeted its cross-chain gateway contract. The exploit drained funds across nine transactions on four chains—Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and BSC—from ZetaChain-controlled wallets. No user funds were affected.
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ZetaChain attributes the attack to three design flaws: the gateway allowed arbitrary cross-chain instructions without restrictions; it executed nearly any command on any contract due to a narrow blocklist missing basic token transfers; and wallets retained unlimited spending permissions from prior use.

The post-mortem describes a premeditated attack. The attacker funded their wallet via Tornado Cash three days prior, deployed a drainer contract on ZetaChain, and conducted address poisoning via dust transfers.
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ZetaChain now reviews bug bounty submissions, especially chained attack vectors. A patch disables arbitrary call functionality on mainnet nodes, and deposit flows replace unlimited approvals with exact-amount ones.
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