# „The WETH interest rate model has been adjusted via the Risk Steward„

Source: https://governance.aave.com/t/rseth-incident-2026-04-18/24481/32
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/The-WETH-interest-rate-model-has-been-adjusted-via-the-Risk-Steward?index=0x69e4fc32d459c87ec87d4d6f8f372cff0e86ba505385bb27f61c34e060c1e67757411acc
Submitted by tim on 2026-04-19 UTC, 2 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

On 18 April 2026, the Aave Guardian was alerted to a potential exploit involving rsETH and, starting at 18:52 UTC, froze rsETH and wrsETH markets across all deployments where the asset is listed. All Aave pools remain safe and operational, and the incident is scoped to rsETH rather than stemming from a vulnerability in the Aave protocol itself. Freezing the markets prevents new deposits and new borrows against rsETH as collateral, while existing positions are unaffected by the freeze itself. The Protocol Security Council applied equivalent measures on Aave V4, disabling new supply and borrow activity against rsETH, while Kelp, LayerZero and other teams investigate the underlying cause.

## Article

rsETH incident — 2026-04-18

Summary

Earlier today, 18th April 2026, the Aave Guardian was alerted to a potential exploit involving rsETH. Starting at 18:52 UTC, the Guardian initiated immediate freezes on rsETH and wrsETH markets across all deployments where the asset is listed.

All Aave pools remain safe and fully operational. The incident is scoped to the rsETH asset and does not stem from a vulnerability in the Aave protocol itself. The underlying cause is being investigated by Kelp, LayerZero, and other relevant teams, and we are coordinating closely with them as the situation develops.

Aave V3

The Guardian froze rsETH and wrsETH markets across all deployments where the asset is listed. Freezing these markets prevents new deposits and new borrows against rsETH as collateral while the situation is assessed. Existing positions are unaffected by the freeze itself.

Asset Network Status Freeze Tx Link

rsETH Ethereum Frozen Ethereum Transaction Hash: 0xd40b8b3b5f... | Etherscan

rsETH Prime Frozen Ethereum Transaction Hash: 0x3467a86647... | Etherscan

wrsETH zkSync Era Asset was already Frozen n/a

wrsETH MegaETH Frozen MEGA Mainnet transaction 0xe9dd5c8a45aa4562483fe83e287210a5c9d243aab075a133bac2b3dd113b08f6 | Blockscout

wrsETH Mantle Frozen Mantle Transaction Hash: 0x14e1d419b9... | Mantlescan

wrsETH Base Frozen Base Transaction Hash: 0xe0c4de2e5f... | BaseScan

wrsETH Plasma Frozen Plasma Transaction Hash: 0x38e62be424... | Plasmascan

rsETH Arbitrum Frozen Arbitrum One Transaction Hash: 0xaf4f242fc4... | Arbitrum One

wrsETH Avalanche Frozen https://snowtrace.io/tx/0x475881d33017857dbee15d8c1e5ee4119099db4a89eebdd682830eed067da793?chainid=43114

wrsETH Ink Frozen Ink transaction 0x48ad1ff4e506fa49fabb87cd9db2f9554460c9b9bc00f8b149f47ff8ed80f867 | Blockscout

wrsETH Linea Frozen https://lineascan.build/tx/0xbdacfca48b5e0693c55dbccccab64202b010d09fefa00f3799fa0398d4a0dca5

Aave V4

The Protocol Security Council applied equivalent protective measures on Aave V4, disabling new supply and borrow activity against rsETH. Protective configuration updates were executed via the Aave Core Hub (tx 1) and on the Kelp E Spoke (tx 2).

Updates

We will post updates in this thread as the situation evolves. Thank you to the Guardian members and service providers who mobilized quickly on this.