UUPS _authorizeUpgrade correctly permissioned

Kinetiq's assessment for RD-F-021 — scored not_applicable on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Kinetiq uses TransparentUpgradeableProxy (EIP-1967) for all five core contracts — not UUPS. The _authorizeUpgrade gate factor applies only to UUPS implementations. Upgrade authority sits with ProxyAdmin (assessed in Cat 2).

Sources #

Etherscan
kHYPE Token Proxy — HyperEVMScankHYPE proxy HyperEVMScan — EIP-1967 TransparentUpgradeableProxy confirmedretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Determine whether the UUPS implementation defines `_authorizeUpgrade(address)` restricted to owner/admin/timelock (not open to arbitrary callers).

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol kinetiq factor RD-F-021 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-05-17 15:29:57