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Oracle manipulation

Influencing data an application treats as an authoritative input, such as its collateral price.

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A contract can execute exactly as written and reach a bad result if its price input is distorted. A thin pool's momentary price is one possible weak point. Feed sources, update rules and consumer checks determine how much a temporary market move can affect the application.

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The lending app reads a thin pool's price just as an attacker distorts it, giving the collateral a misleading valuation.

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