Audits

All v3 audits can be found here.

Mitigation Measures

• Hypernative is currently a Balancer Security Advisor per BIP-545, and is performing 24/7 real time monitoring of all v3 deployments for suspicious and or malicious activity which will be reported to Balancer emergency subDAO in the case of a potential issue arising. Renewal of Service for Hypernative.
  • The Balancer emergency subDAO will reserve the ability to pause Balancer v3 pools and the vault under the necessary circumstances regarding the safety of user’s funds.
  • Pause control of the Balancer vault and pools on v3 will be delegated to Hypernative in the case of a security concerns to defend or recover funds.
• Balancer has implemented the SEAL (Security Alliance) Whitehat Safe Harbor Agreement as a mitigation measure to address potential exploits. This agreement provides a structured framework for ethical hackers (whitehats) to intervene during active security incidents, enabling them to protect user funds while operating within clear legal and procedural boundaries. As part of the agreement, whitehats are eligible for a bounty of 10% of recovered funds, capped at $1,000,000 USD.
• Additionally, the bug bounty program is also live through Immunifi for Balancer v2 and for v3. Rewards up to $1,000,000 funded by the Balancer DAO (BIP 687) can be distributed according to the impact of the vulnerability. Explanations and statements are not accepted as PoC and code is required. Critical smart contract vulnerabilities are further capped at 10% of economic damage, taking into account the funds at risk at the moment of the bug report submission.