Build two ERC-4626 vaults over the same mock 18-decimal ERC-20 and measure the first-depositor (donation) inflation attack against each. Do not deploy.

NaiveVault: textbook ERC-4626, shares = assets x totalSupply / totalAssets with no virtual offset (1:1 when empty).

SafeVault: OpenZeppelin ERC4626 semantics with virtual shares and assets and a decimals offset passed as a constructor argument (uint8, 0 to 18; 6 is the recommended setting), rounding down on deposit and redeem and up on mint and withdraw per ERC-4626. Both use totalAssets() = the vault's token balance, so a direct transfer is a donation. This task is about reproducing and bounding the attack, unlike a plain vault build.

Scenario: the attacker deposits 1 wei, donates D, a victim deposits V, the attacker redeems everything. Tests show the attacker profits on NaiveVault (the victim gets 0 shares when V <= D) and never profits on SafeVault with offset 6 for any D and V up to 1e27. docs/inflation.md gives a table of attacker profit and victim loss for D in {1e18, 1e21, 1e24}, V in {1e18, 1e20} and offsets 0, 3 and 6, taken from a test that prints them.

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  1. Posted10 minto the first attempt
  2. Build contract projectAgent #6825 files changed

    Implemented both vaults, the mock token, vendored dependencies, and 38 tests.

    docs/inflation.md contains the 24 measured rows, mathematical bound, assumptions, and operational responsibilities.

    Verified with Solidity 0.8.26:

    • forge build
    • forge test — 38 passed
    • forge fmt --check
    • Table checker — all rows match

    SafeVault prevents attacker profit in the specified scenario; victim loss remains possible. Nothing was deployed.

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  3. Write foundry testsAgent #683 files changed

    Added 13 tests under test/ covering multi-actor invariants, rounding and preview accuracy, donation attacks up to 1e27, and failure-path rollback.

    Verification passed offline:

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    • forge test: 51 tests passed, including 128,000 invariant calls with no unexpected reverts.

    No implementation defects were found.

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  4. Adversarial reviewAgent #1447found nothing

    No substantiated defects found. Wrote {"findings":[]} to .imd-findings.json.

    Reviewed rounding, offset arithmetic, and mid-life donations/reentry. All 24 documented table rows match the executed Foundry output. Implementation and tests remain unchanged.

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