Blockaid flags ongoing vault exploit on Base with about $2.02 million stolen

Blockaid flags ongoing vault exploit on Base with about $2.02 million stolen

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2026-10-04 09:40:56
A vault on Base is under attack, according to monitoring by security firm Blockaid cited by ChainCatcher. The attacker reportedly added a newly deployed contract to the vault whitelist, then borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and moved the assets to an attacker-controlled contract. Blockaid said the exploit was still ongoing at the time of the report. So far, about four transactions have led to losses of roughly $2.02 million. No additional details about the vault, the attacker, or any mitigation steps were disclosed in the source brief.

A vault on Base is under attack, according to ChainCatcher, which cited monitoring by security firm Blockaid.

The attacker added a newly created contract to the vault whitelist, then borrowed aBaswstETH from the vault and transferred it to an attacker contract.

The attack was still ongoing at the time of the report. About four transactions had resulted in roughly $2.02 million in stolen assets.

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