Drift Protocol $285M Multisig Exploit (Explained)

2026-04-13 Quill Audits

https://www.quillaudits.com/blog/hack-analysis/drift-protocol-multisig-exploit

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Drift Protocol lost about $285 million after an attacker used pre-signed Solana durable-nonce transactions to take over a 2-of-5 Squads V4 multisig with no timelock. The attacker gained admin control, created fake CVT spot markets with manipulated oracles, removed withdrawal limits, and drained vault assets through 33 rapid borrow-loop transactions. QuillAudits frames the incident as an operational security and governance failure rather than a smart contract bug, with durable nonce account activity and risky multisig configuration visible before execution. The stolen assets were swapped through Jupiter and moved across wallets and bridges, showing how compromised privileged-signing workflows can become a protocol-level loss event.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
WALLET H7PiGqqUaanBovwKgEtreJbKmQe6dbq… 2026-04-13 2026-04-13
WALLET HkGz4KmoZ7Zmk7HN6ndJ31UJ1qZ2qgw… 2026-04-13 2026-04-13
WALLET 0x0FE3b6908318B1F630daa5B31B49a… 2026-04-13 2026-04-13
WALLET 0xbDdAE987FEe930910fCC5aa403D56… 2026-04-13 2026-04-13
WALLET 0xD3FEEd5DA83D8e8c449d6CB96ff1e… 2026-04-13 2026-04-13
WALLET 0xAa843eD65C1f061F111B528916973… 2026-04-13 2026-04-13

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