The Phantom Deposit: How Unvested Rewards and Empty Vaults Lead to Yield Theft in ERC4626
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Summary
A guest deep-dive into ERC4626 vault accounting: how unvested rewards combined with a zero-supply state — the 'phantom deposit' — can be gamed to steal yield, from a confidential bounty find.
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--- id: 5239 title: "The Phantom Deposit: How Unvested Rewards and Empty Vaults Lead to Yield Theft in ERC4626" source_domain: hackenproof.com source_url: "https://hackenproof.com/blog/erc4626-phantom-deposit-unvested-rewards-exploit" published_at: "2026-06-22 11:52" tags: ["bug-bounty", "web3", "vulnerability-research", "smart-contracts", "defi", "erc4626", "vault-accounting", "yield-theft"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5239" lang: en --- # The Phantom Deposit: How Unvested Rewards and Empty Vaults Lead to Yield Theft in ERC4626 ## Summary A guest deep-dive into ERC4626 vault accounting: how unvested rewards combined with a zero-supply state — the 'phantom deposit' — can be gamed to steal yield, from a confidential bounty find. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** hackenproof.com - **Published:** 2026-06-22 11:52 - **Original:** https://hackenproof.com/blog/erc4626-phantom-deposit-unvested-rewards-exploit - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5239