Emergency-veto multisig present

Pendle Finance's assessment for RD-F-040 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

governanceProxy has GUARDIAN role with pause() function. Governance Safe (3-of-5) can veto Snapshot proposal execution by refusing to execute. Pendle paused contracts during Penpie incident (Sep 2024) demonstrating operational pause capability. No formal veto committee with separate mandate.

Sources #

Etherscan
PendleGovernanceProxy — GUARDIAN pause rolegovernanceProxy impl — GUARDIAN role and pause() function confirmedretrieved 2026-04-29
URL
The Defiant — Pendle pauses contracts after Penpie exploitPendle paused contracts during Penpie exploit — demonstrates pause capabilityretrieved 2026-04-29

Methodology #

Determine whether an emergency-veto or guardian multisig exists with power to cancel malicious proposals before execution.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol pendle factor RD-F-040 score yellow collected_at 2026-04-28 21:09:40