{"investigation":{"slug":"maya-protocol","entity_name":"Maya Protocol","trust_score":16,"severity_base":null,"score_modifier":-12,"confidence":0.82,"status":"published","content_type":"investigation","summary":"Maya Protocol (MAYAChain) is a decentralized cross-chain liquidity network and friendly fork of THORChain that launched its mainnet in March 2023. On August 18, 2026, an attacker chained six software vulnerabilities in a single 23-message transaction to fabricate approximately 49.45 million CACAO tokens, drain roughly $1.7 million in Bitcoin and other assets, and trigger an 88.7% collapse in CACAO's price. The team halted the network globally in response; as of late August 2026, the attacker had not returned the funds and no formal recovery timeline had been published.","sections":[{"content":"Maya Protocol describes itself as a 'friendly fork' of THORChain, built on Cosmos SDK, Tendermint consensus, and the GG20 Threshold Signature Scheme. It enables native cross-chain swaps of assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, DASH, and others without bridges or wrapped tokens. Development began in early 2021, and the MAYAChain mainnet launched on March 7, 2023, following a Liquidity Auction that raised over $11 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and RUNE. The auction distributed the entire CACAO token supply to liquidity providers; the founding team retained no CACAO allocation at genesis. Prior to the August 2026 exploit, Maya had maintained its mainnet for approximately three years without a reported loss-of-funds incident, with pre-incident total value locked estimated at roughly $15 million managed by approximately 38 active validators.","heading":"Protocol Background","sources":[{"url":"https://thedefiant.io/education/defi/what-is-maya-protocol","name":"What Is Maya Protocol? — The Defiant","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://digitalart.org/cross-chain-decentralized-exchange-maya-protocol-to-launch-its-mainnet-on-march-7-2023/","name":"Cross-chain DEX Maya Protocol to launch mainnet on March 7, 2023 — Digital Art","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/08/19/maya-protocol-hit-by-1-7m-exploit-in-first-major-breach-since-2023/","name":"Maya Protocol Hit by $1.7M Exploit in First Major Breach Since 2023 — Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"low"},{"content":"At approximately 17:30 UTC on August 18, 2026, an attacker submitted a single deposit transaction to the MAYAChain mainnet containing 23 discrete messages. This transaction activated a cascade of six distinct software vulnerabilities spanning the protocol's trade-account handling, outbound transaction processing, and liquidity-pool mathematics. The attack allowed the attacker to fabricate approximately 49.45 million CACAO tokens through an uncapped slash-subsidy mechanism, acquire 99.93% ownership of a distorted liquidity pool by depositing only 100 CACAO, and withdraw 48.87 million CACAO. The attacker then converted the CACAO into approximately 20.83 BTC and smaller quantities of other assets across ten conversion blocks (blocks 17,977,998 to 17,978,008). The total confirmed extraction sent to addresses under the attacker's control was approximately $1.36 million in Bitcoin, with total attacker-controlled value including remaining CACAO estimated at approximately $1.65–$1.7 million. The exploit reduced Maya's total value locked by an estimated $10.9 million when including the knock-on collapse in CACAO's market price. The incident was reported as the 16th crypto hack of August 2026.","heading":"August 2026 Exploit: Attack Overview","sources":[{"url":"https://decrypt.co/375976/maya-protocol-halts-network-bitcoin-exploit","name":"Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen — Decrypt","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/19/maya-protocol-exploit-drains-bitcoin-and-other-assets-as-pool-value-drops-usd11-million","name":"Maya Protocol exploit drains bitcoin and other assets as pool value drops by $11 million — CoinDesk","type":"news_article","credibility":1},{"url":"https://defimon.xyz/blog/maya-protocol-hack-august-2026","name":"Maya Protocol Six-Bug Trade Account Exploit — Defimon","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/0486d-maya-protocol-exploit-halts-btc-swaps","name":"Maya Protocol Becomes the 16th Crypto Hack Logged in August Alone — CryptoRank","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"Security researchers and external analysts, including CertiK, identified six discrete flaws that the attacker chained in sequence. Bug 1 — Voter Clobbering in handler_deposit.go: Each message in a batched MsgDeposit transaction overwrote the previous ObservedTxVoter, allowing a trailing DONATE message to reset OutboundHeight to zero. Bug 2 — Flawed Outbound Matcher Logic: With OutboundHeight set to zero, the system fell back to FinalisedHeight and walked forward in signingTransPeriod strides rather than checking each block, causing it to miss the actual settlement at block 17,977,942 and incorrectly classify a legitimate outgoing transfer as missing or stolen. Bug 3 — Uncapped Subsidy Calculation: The slash compensation function in helpers.go line 224 was not capped against pool depth, triggering a 49.45 million CACAO payout for a pool holding only 0.11 LINK. Bug 4 — Premature State Commitment: Pool balances were written to state before the system attempted to fund them, creating an irreversible accounting imbalance. Bug 5 — Failed Funding Without Rollback: The Reserve held only approximately 168,000 CACAO against a 49.45 million CACAO obligation; the transfer failed but execution continued in the same Cosmos context with no rollback, leaving the inflated balance permanently recorded. Bug 6 — Pool Math Treating Empty Pools as New: When the attacker deposited 100 CACAO into the now-depleted pool, the system issued liquidity units as if it were seeding a new pool, granting the attacker 99.93% ownership. The attacker exploited that ownership to withdraw 48.87 million CACAO from the Asgard vault. Maya's team acknowledged these bugs had gone undetected for three to four years despite multiple audits.","heading":"Technical Analysis: The Six Chained Vulnerabilities","sources":[{"url":"https://defimon.xyz/blog/maya-protocol-hack-august-2026","name":"Maya Protocol Six-Bug Trade Account Exploit — Defimon","type":"research","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptopolitan.com/maya-protocol-loses-1-7m-bug-exploit/","name":"Maya Protocol loses $1.7M in sophisticated six-bug exploit — Cryptopolitan","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/maya-protocol-hack-news-6-bugs-1-7m-defi-exploit-cacao-crash","name":"Maya Protocol Hack: 6 Bugs Trigger $1.7M Exploit and 88% CACAO Crash — CoinGabbar","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"The attacker's confirmed Bitcoin extraction totaled 20.8274 BTC, consolidated at address bc1q0hsgwunccczelq05ucpmfz268eyy5jr2y5l646, valued at approximately $1.34–$1.36 million at the time of transfer. An additional approximately $287,000–$300,000 remained as 8.87 million CACAO held by the attacker. On-chain records as of August 21, 2026 showed the Bitcoin address held 20.82731228 BTC funded with zero outgoing transactions, meaning the attacker had not moved the Bitcoin as of that date. The CACAO token price fell approximately 88.7% from $0.115 to $0.013 on the day of the exploit, before partially recovering to approximately $0.032. Including the CACAO price collapse and associated pool devaluation, overall protocol TVL fell by an estimated $10.9 million. Security firm PeckShield traced the 20 BTC to the attacker's wallet. Maya Protocol operated a bug bounty program through Immunefi, though the program capped critical vulnerability payouts at $35,000 — far below the value extracted.","heading":"Financial Impact and On-Chain Evidence","sources":[{"url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/security/maya-protocol-exploit-1-7-million-peckshield/","name":"Peckshield: Maya Protocol Loses $1.7M, 20 BTC Traced to Wallet — Bitcoin.com News","type":"on_chain","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/maya-protocol-s-11-million-liquidity-crash-remains-unresolved-as-attacker-holds-20-83-btc","name":"Maya Protocol's $11 million liquidity crash remains unresolved as attacker holds 20.83 BTC — KuCoin","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptoslate.com/maya-protocol-exploit-wallet-still-holds-20-83-btc-as-11-million-pool-impact-remains-unresolved/","name":"Unresolved $11 million liquidity crash leaves pools exposed as attacker still holds 20.83 BTC — CryptoSlate","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://coinpaprika.com/news/maya-protocol-exploit-drains-17m-cacao-falls/","name":"Maya Protocol Exploit Drains $1.7M as CACAO Falls 89% — CoinPaprika","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"critical"},{"content":"Prior to the August 2026 exploit, Maya Protocol had been audited by Halborn across its Layer 1 code, the Liquidity Auction module, Dynamic Inflation, and the THORChain-inherited Bifrost components, as well as by a firm identified as Fable 5. Maya's team acknowledged that the six exploited bugs had gone undetected for three to four years despite these audits. The Ethereum router contract carried a 'Draft 3' audit label from Halborn as of early 2026, suggesting some components remained in an incomplete or preliminary audit state. The team stated following the exploit that it needs to take a 'more adversarial approach to reviewing its code.' The low Immunefi bug bounty cap of $35,000 for critical vulnerabilities has been cited by analysts as a factor that may have reduced external researcher incentive to audit the protocol's most sensitive components. Maya's codebase inherits significant portions from THORChain, which suffered a $15 million exploit in July 2021 and an additional vault breach in May 2026.","heading":"Audit History and Security Posture","sources":[{"url":"https://decrypt.co/375976/maya-protocol-halts-network-bitcoin-exploit","name":"Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen — Decrypt","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/08/19/maya-protocol-hit-by-1-7m-exploit-in-first-major-breach-since-2023/","name":"Maya Protocol Hit by $1.7M Exploit in First Major Breach Since 2023 — Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Maya Protocol co-founder AaluxxMyth (known publicly as Aaluxx or Maya) announced the global network halt on Discord shortly after the exploit was detected on August 18, 2026. The team activated the protocol's 720-block HaltTrading mechanism, freezing all deposits and withdrawals. Aaluxx publicly stated: 'No way to sugar coat this. We have likely been exploited by 20 BTC ($1.4M) and other assets.' The founder thanked node operators for a rapid response and indicated the team had identified the vulnerabilities and begun preparing patches. The team published the attacker's Bitcoin address and appealed for voluntary return of funds under a bug bounty arrangement. Maya had not published a formal post-mortem document as of late August 2026; the technical breakdown circulating publicly was produced by external security analyst Defimon and security firm CertiK rather than by the Maya team itself. No timeline was given for restoring swaps, completing a compensation process, or finalizing a pool ledger.","heading":"Team Response and Network Halt","sources":[{"url":"https://decrypt.co/375976/maya-protocol-halts-network-bitcoin-exploit","name":"Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen — Decrypt","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2026/08/299219-maya-protocol-halts-operations-after-multi-bug-exploit-drains-cacao-tokens-and-cross-chain-assets/","name":"Maya Protocol Halts Operations After Multi-Bug Exploit — Crowdfund Insider","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://crypto.news/maya-protocol-suffers-1-7-million-exploit-halts-network/","name":"Maya Protocol suffers $1.7 million exploit, halts network — Crypto.news","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"As of late August 2026, the stolen funds had not been returned and Maya Protocol had not published a final compensation plan or pool restoration ledger. Founder Aaluxx indicated that the team plans to backfill the affected liquidity pool using external funds rather than relying on recovering the attacker's Bitcoin. The stated mechanism involves using investment proceeds from the protocol's Aztec Chain project — an omnichain DeFi expansion — to contribute approximately 20 BTC equivalent to make liquidity providers whole. However, no timeline was provided for Aztec Chain proceeds, the make-whole process, or the relaunch of swaps. Analysts drew explicit parallels to THORChain's post-exploit playbook, noting that THORChain similarly resolved two exploits (2021 and May 2026) without recovering stolen funds, relying instead on donations or protocol-owned liquidity absorption. Critics noted the absence of a final damage accounting that would clarify which losses the protocol intends to restore and which it does not. The wider TVL impact — approximately $10.9 million including CACAO devaluation — remained unaddressed in the team's public statements.","heading":"Recovery Plan and Unresolved Status","sources":[{"url":"https://cryip.co/maya-protocol-hack-recovery-plan-thorchain-playbook/","name":"Maya Protocol Hack: Why the Recovery Plan Mirrors THORChain's Old Playbook — Cryip","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://cryptoslate.com/maya-protocol-exploit-wallet-still-holds-20-83-btc-as-11-million-pool-impact-remains-unresolved/","name":"Unresolved $11 million liquidity crash leaves pools exposed as attacker still holds 20.83 BTC — CryptoSlate","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://www.spendnode.io/blog/maya-protocol-halts-network-1-7m-chained-exploit-august-2026/","name":"Maya Protocol Halts Network After $1.7M Exploit Chains Six Bugs — SpendNode","type":"news_article","credibility":3}],"severity":"high"},{"content":"Maya Protocol is built as a fork of THORChain, sharing significant portions of its codebase including the Bifrost cross-chain communication layer. THORChain itself suffered approximately $15 million in losses across two exploits in July 2021, and experienced an additional vault breach in May 2026 reportedly totaling $10.7 million. Maya's team acknowledged that several of the bugs exploited in the August 2026 attack had existed in the codebase — in part inherited from THORChain — for three to four years without detection. The relationship between the two protocols means that vulnerabilities identified or fixed in THORChain may not automatically propagate to Maya, and vice versa. Analysts comparing the two protocols have noted that Maya's lower total value locked historically meant its security investment and bug-bounty incentives were proportionally smaller than THORChain's.","heading":"THORChain Lineage and Inherited Risk","sources":[{"url":"https://www.crawlux.com/compare/thorchain-vs-maya/","name":"THORChain vs Maya Protocol: Best Native Swap DEX 2026 — Crawlux","type":"news_article","credibility":3},{"url":"https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/08/19/maya-protocol-hit-by-1-7m-exploit-in-first-major-breach-since-2023/","name":"Maya Protocol Hit by $1.7M Exploit in First Major Breach Since 2023 — Crypto Times","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"medium"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2021-01-01","event":"Maya Protocol development begins as a planned fork of THORChain.","source":"The Defiant — What Is Maya Protocol?","source_url":"https://thedefiant.io/education/defi/what-is-maya-protocol"},{"date":"2023-03-07","event":"MAYAChain mainnet launches. A prior Liquidity Auction raised over $11 million and distributed the entire CACAO supply to liquidity providers.","source":"Digital Art — Cross-chain DEX Maya Protocol to launch mainnet on March 7, 2023","source_url":"https://digitalart.org/cross-chain-decentralized-exchange-maya-protocol-to-launch-its-mainnet-on-march-7-2023/"},{"date":"2026-08-18","event":"At approximately 17:30 UTC, an attacker submits a single 23-message MsgDeposit transaction to MAYAChain mainnet at block 17,977,941, triggering a cascade of six vulnerabilities.","source":"Decrypt — Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/375976/maya-protocol-halts-network-bitcoin-exploit"},{"date":"2026-08-18","event":"Attacker deposits 100 CACAO into the distorted pool at block 17,977,971, acquires 99.93% ownership, and withdraws 48.87 million CACAO.","source":"Defimon — Maya Protocol Six-Bug Trade Account Exploit","source_url":"https://defimon.xyz/blog/maya-protocol-hack-august-2026"},{"date":"2026-08-18","event":"Attacker converts CACAO into approximately 20.83 BTC across ten blocks (17,977,998 to 17,978,008). Funds are consolidated at Bitcoin address bc1q0hsgwunccczelq05ucpmfz268eyy5jr2y5l646.","source":"Defimon — Maya Protocol Six-Bug Trade Account Exploit","source_url":"https://defimon.xyz/blog/maya-protocol-hack-august-2026"},{"date":"2026-08-18","event":"CACAO token price collapses approximately 88.7%, from $0.115 to $0.013. Overall TVL impact estimated at $10.9 million.","source":"Maya Protocol Exploit Drains $1.7M as CACAO Falls 89% — CoinPaprika","source_url":"https://coinpaprika.com/news/maya-protocol-exploit-drains-17m-cacao-falls/"},{"date":"2026-08-18","event":"Founder AaluxxMyth announces a global network halt on Discord, freezing all deposits and withdrawals. States: 'No way to sugar coat this. We have likely been exploited by 20 BTC ($1.4M) and other assets.'","source":"Decrypt — Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/375976/maya-protocol-halts-network-bitcoin-exploit"},{"date":"2026-08-18","event":"Maya Protocol publishes the suspected attacker's Bitcoin address and appeals for voluntary return of funds under a bug bounty arrangement.","source":"Maya Protocol suffers $1.7 million exploit, halts network — Crypto.news","source_url":"https://crypto.news/maya-protocol-suffers-1-7-million-exploit-halts-network/"},{"date":"2026-08-19","event":"Multiple crypto news outlets including CoinDesk and Decrypt publish detailed coverage. CertiK and Defimon publish independent technical breakdowns of the six bugs.","source":"CoinDesk — Maya Protocol exploit drains bitcoin and other assets as pool value drops by $11 million","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/19/maya-protocol-exploit-drains-bitcoin-and-other-assets-as-pool-value-drops-usd11-million"},{"date":"2026-08-21","event":"On-chain data shows the attacker's Bitcoin address still holds 20.82731228 BTC with zero outgoing transactions. No funds have been returned.","source":"Unresolved $11 million liquidity crash — CryptoSlate","source_url":"https://cryptoslate.com/maya-protocol-exploit-wallet-still-holds-20-83-btc-as-11-million-pool-impact-remains-unresolved/"},{"date":"2026-08-21","event":"Founder Aaluxx signals recovery plan involving Aztec Chain investment proceeds to backfill pools, with no formal timeline for swap restoration or compensation.","source":"Maya Protocol Hack: Why the Recovery Plan Mirrors THORChain's Old Playbook — Cryip","source_url":"https://cryip.co/maya-protocol-hack-recovery-plan-thorchain-playbook/"}],"sources_used":[{"url":"https://decrypt.co/375976/maya-protocol-halts-network-bitcoin-exploit","name":"Six-Bug Exploit Halts Maya Protocol After $1.4 Million in Bitcoin Stolen — 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