Year-End Report
Solana Security Ecosystem Review 2025
A data-driven analysis of vulnerability patterns, audit findings, and security trends across the Solana ecosystem — connecting audit patterns to on-chain incidents and development practices.
At a Glance
$8mn
vs $550mn peak in 2022
On-chain smart contract exploits in 2025
163
security reviews examined
Spanning 1,669 recorded vulnerabilities
10
avg issues per audit
With 1.4 High or Critical per review
Security Reviews
163 audits analyzed yielding 1,733 findings — 1,669 qualified as vulnerabilities. Average of 10.3 findings per review, with a median of 7 and a range of 1 to 112.
99.4%
of audits identified vulnerabilities
76%
contained medium-or-higher issues
51%
contained high-or-critical issues
23%
contained critical issues
Severity Distribution
Breakdown of 1,669 vulnerabilities across severity levels.
Vulnerability Categories
The top three categories — business logic, input validation, and access control — account for 82.5% of all classified findings and increase to 85.5% among high and critical severity issues.
| Category | All Findings | High + Critical |
|---|---|---|
| Business Logic | 38.5% | 36.9% |
| Input Validation & Data Hygiene | 25% | 27.9% |
| Access Control & Authorization | 19% | 20.7% |
| Data Integrity & Arithmetic | 8.9% | 8.9% |
| Denial of Service & Liveness | 8.5% | 5.6% |
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