Aave and CoW Swap release post-mortems following $50 million DeFi transaction incident

CoW Swap and Aave have published separate post-mortem analyses following a $50 million DeFi swap incident. According to CoW Swap’s report, a transaction initially submitted through a private RPC endpoint was leaked to the public mempool, exposing it to potential front-running and other network vulnerabilities. Both protocols are examining the technical details and security implications of the event to prevent similar occurrences. Users should verify the security status of their funds if they were involved in transactions during the affected period.