Arbitrary call with user-controlled target

Aave v3's assessment for RD-F-013 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No unfiltered user-controlled external call path in Aave v3 core. Periphery Paraswap adapters are separate contracts with selector allowlists. Aug 2024 periphery exploit involved dust accumulation, not arbitrary call-target exploitation of core contracts.

Sources #

Governance
Periphery Contracts Incident August 2024Periphery incident Aug 2024 — confirms dust accumulation, not arbitrary callretrieved 2026-04-27

Methodology #

Determine whether any contract performs `.call(target, data)` where target and/or data is user-supplied without a target allowlist or selector filter.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol aave-v3 factor RD-F-013 score green collected_at 2026-04-27 23:28:46