UUPS _authorizeUpgrade correctly permissioned

Babylon Protocol'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 #

UUPS (EIP-1822) is an EVM proxy upgrade pattern. Babylon has no EVM contracts. Chain upgrades on Genesis proceed via Cosmos SDK x/gov software upgrade proposals — a governance vote is required before the upgrade handler executes. Structurally inapplicable.

Sources #

URL
Babylon Governance DocsBabylon governance docs (software upgrade via x/gov)retrieved 2026-05-04

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 babylon-protocol factor RD-F-021 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-05-04 19:43:27