Prior known-ignored disclosure
Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-177 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No evidence of any disclosed vulnerability that Axelar ignored prior to exploit. The 2024 vulnerability disclosure was acted upon promptly by the team (classified Critical, resolved via governance proposal 256, $50k bounty paid). No exploit post-mortem exists citing a prior unheeded disclosure (no exploits occurred). Hacksdatabase and REKT News confirm zero incidents.
Sources #
- URLHalting Cross-chain: Axelar Network Vulnerability Disclosure — Marco Hextor2024 vulnerability disclosure writeup — Axelar acted on disclosure, did not ignore itretrieved 2026-05-17
- Hacksdatabase search — no Axelar entriesProprietary hacksdatabase — no Axelar exploit entries; no ignored-disclosure pattern to evaluateretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Determine whether evidence exists in prior-incident post-mortems that a disclosed vulnerability was reported to the team and not actioned before exploit.
See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →
rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol axelar factor RD-F-177 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 21:57:49