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Aave wstETH Oracle Error: Why One Bad Cap Triggered $27M

Aave’s March 10 wstETH incident was not a hack. It was an automated oracle-parameter failure that turned a safety layer into a liquidation trigger.

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Dark technical illustration of an Aave wstETH liquidation incident, showing a misconfigured oracle cap feeding a bad price into a lending market and triggering automated liquidations across otherwise healthy positions.

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Aave wstETH Oracle Error: Why One Bad Cap Triggered $27M

Aave’s March 10 wstETH incident was not a hack. It was an automated oracle-parameter failure that turned a safety layer into a liquidation trigger.

Marcus Bishop

Mar 29, 2026