Understanding Verification Vulnerabilities in Cross-chain Bridges: An Empirical Study

arXiv:2610.13170 · cs.CR, cs.SE · Submitted 2026-10-09 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR, cs.SE

Submitted: 2026-10-09

Updated: 2026-10-09

Comments: 22 pages, 12 figures, 10 tables

Code: https://github.com/0xPolygon/heimdall-v2

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Tracing Cross-chain Transactions between EVM-based Blockchains: An Analysis of Ethereum-Polygon Bridges

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