Understand the project
Practical overview
When it fits
Use it as a starting reference when planning a DeFi risk review or learning the names of common threat categories; investigate each risk in the context of the specific protocol being assessed.
Who it is for
- DeFi security reviewers seeking a topic checklist for organizing risk discussions.
- Learners looking for a catalog of common DeFi threat categories.
- Contributors who want to propose an additional attack-vector entry.
Documented uses
- Identify threat categories to consider during a DeFi security review.
- Browse individual entries by attack-vector topic.
- Suggest a missing category through a repository pull request.
Before you choose
Requirements & limits
- The catalog covers many distinct risk types, including governance, oracle, flash-loan, re-entrancy and front-running attacks.
- The README links to individual Markdown entries, making the list useful for topic-by-topic browsing.
- The repository provides reference material rather than executable scanning or protocol-specific assessment tools.
- The README invites additions through pull requests.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Source-based practical guide
Browse the DeFi attack-vector reference list
Use the repository’s README to locate a listed DeFi threat category for review.
Before you start
- Access to the public GitHub repository.
Steps
Open the repository README.
Scan its numbered list of attack vectors.
Select a listed category, such as Oracle Attacks or Re-entrancy, to follow its linked entry.
Expected outcome
A category-specific reference entry is identified from the README list.
Evidence and transparency
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 17 October 2026
- Original website title
- Quillhash/DeFi-Attack-Vectors · Official homepage title · retained in its source language