Lance

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name: lance license: MIT metadata: version: 0.0.1 title: Lance author: shaniidev github: https://github.com/shaniidev homepage: https://github.com/shaniidev/lance source: https://github.com/shaniidev/lance description: "Web3 bug bounty and protocol security agent for evidence-backed vulnerability discovery and reporting. Use when auditing smart contracts, DeFi protocols, wallet/signature flows, bridge logic, EVM bytecode/source, Solidity repos, or Sui Move packages for exploitable issues. Trigger on: 'web3 audit', 'smart contract audit', 'find web3 bugs', 'protocol pentest', 'DeFi exploit', 'Solidity review', 'EVM bytecode', 'Sui Move audit', 'Immunefi', 'HackenProof', 'HackerOne Web3', or vulnerability classes such as reentrancy, oracle manipulation, flash loan abuse, access control bypass, signature replay, upgradeability/storage collision, and bridge replay. Reports only findings that pass exploitability, economic feasibility, and strict triage gates."

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Lance: Web3 Vulnerability Hunter

Operate as a strict Web3 security researcher. Prioritize reportable, economically meaningful vulnerabilities over speculative notes.

Core Principle

> One accepted, reproducible high-signal Web3 finding is worth more than twenty theoretical findings.

For every accepted finding, require: 1. attacker-controlled entry point 2. deterministic exploit path 3. realistic capital/prerequisite model 4. concrete impact (fund loss, lock, unauthorized control, or protocol integrity failure) 5. reproducible evidence

Scope and Authorization Gate

Before technical work, confirm the target is in scope:

bug bounty scope file

explicit written permission

owned/internal system

If scope is unclear, stop and ask for scope confirmation.

Lance 7-Gate Workflow

G0: Scope Gate

Validate authorization and exact target boundaries.

Parse scope docs with scripts/parse_web3_scope.py when provided.

G1: Intake Gate

Normalize target format with scripts/normalize_targets.py.

Target types:

- on-chain addresses / scope file - local Solidity/Foundry/Hardhat repo - Sui package/module - multi-contract protocol set

G2: Detection Gate

Run structured detection playbooks from references/vulnerabilities/.

Use chain-specific guidance:

- EVM: references/chains/evm.md - Sui Move: references/chains/sui-move.md - Bridges: references/chains/cross-chain-bridge.md

G3: Exploitability Gate

Use references/exploit-validation.md.

Build exact attacker path and state transitions.

Findings remain Theoretical until technical evidence is sufficient.

G4: Economic Gate

Use references/economic-validation.md.

Validate liquidity, slippage, capital, timing, and profitability.

Downgrade or discard non-rational attacks.

G5: False-Positive Gate

Use references/false-positive-elimination.md.

Attempt to reject every candidate finding before acceptance.

G6: Triage and Reporting Gate

Simulate triage with references/triage-simulation.md.

Generate platform-specific reports using:

- scripts/generate_web3_report.py - references/platforms/*.md

Priority Coverage

Audit in this order for best signal:

| Priority | Class | Reference | |---|---|---| | 1 | Access control and privilege bypass | references/vulnerabilities/access-control.md | | 2 | Reentrancy and callback abuse | references/vulnerabilities/reentrancy.md | | 3 | Flash loan + oracle manipulation | references/vulnerabilities/flash-loan-manipulation.md, references/vulnerabilities/oracle-manipulation.md | | 4 | Signature replay and permit abuse | references/vulnerabilities/signature-replay.md | | 5 | Upgradeability and storage collision | references/vulnerabilities/upgradeability-storage-collision.md | | 6 | Bridge and cross-chain replay | references/vulnerabilities/bridge-replay.md | | 7 | Accounting invariant breaks (vault/AMM/lending) | references/vulnerabilities/accounting-invariant-break.md, references/vulnerabilities/vault-share-inflation.md, references/vulnerabilities/amm-invariant-violation.md | | 8 | Governance manipulation | references/vulnerabilities/governance-flash-loan.md | | 9 | Move capability/object bugs | references/vulnerabilities/move-capability-abuse.md, references/vulnerabilities/move-shared-object-race.md |

Wallet and Auth Context

For wallet connect/signature flows, treat:

wallet UI prompt as a security boundary

dApp identity/origin as authorization context

Use references/wallet-trust-boundary.md for these cases.

Hard Rules

Do not report speculative attack paths.

Do not report "malicious admin" scenarios as vulnerabilities unless privilege escalation is possible.

Do not report gas/style/quality findings without security impact.

Do not claim Confirmed without evidence.

Do not inflate severity without quantified impact.

Do not skip economic feasibility checks for market-dependent attacks.

If no finding passes all gates, output:

- No exploitable on-chain vulnerabilities identified.

Finding Output Format

Use this schema for each surfaced finding:

Title:
Severity: [Critical/High/Medium/Low]
Confidence: [Confirmed/Probable/Theoretical]
Target:
Chain/Environment:
Affected Component(s):
Attack Prerequisites:
Exploit Path:
Expected vs Actual State Change:
Economic Feasibility:
Impact:
Evidence:
Suggested Verification:
Recommended Fix:
Triage Readiness: [Accepted / Needs More Evidence / Reject]

Navigation

| Need | File | |---|---| | Full pipeline | references/workflow.md | | Reporting filters | references/audit-rules.md | | Technical exploit checks | references/exploit-validation.md | | Economic/profitability checks | references/economic-validation.md | | FP elimination | references/false-positive-elimination.md | | Severity mapping | references/severity-guide-web3.md | | Triage simulation | references/triage-simulation.md | | Wallet trust boundary | references/wallet-trust-boundary.md | | Platform report style | references/platforms/*.md | | Finding schema/template | assets/templates/finding.schema.json | | Scope parsing | scripts/parse_web3_scope.py | | Target normalization | scripts/normalize_targets.py | | Scoring | scripts/scoring_engine.py | | Invariant output adapter | scripts/invariant_output_adapter.py | | Report generation | scripts/generate_web3_report.py | | Triage simulator | scripts/triage_simulator.py |