★ Sudden admin-rescue/ACL change without discussion
mETH Protocol's assessment for RD-F-123 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Three signals drive yellow: (1) Protocol Admin Safe (MLSPEngL1, 0x432ABcCb04DdD86Db9aA91FA3E03Fb566270c9ff) deployed 2026-01-26 with no corresponding governance forum discussion identified for this specific infrastructure change — no Mantle Forum thread or Snapshot vote found for the Jan 2026 admin Safe deployment; (2) TimelockController minDelay = 0 per constructor args and confirmed in docs — any admin role holder can execute changes immediately with no enforced delay window; (3) GitHub PR #7 ('add-new-admin-broadcast LSPMultiSig and MantleCouncil', merged 2023-11-02) had no description and no linked preceding issue. Mitigants preventing red: MIP-25 provided original governance sanction; docs openly acknowledge zero-delay timelock; Bybit hack response (Feb 2025) admin actions were crisis-driven and publicly disclosed. Not a 'sudden admin-rescue' without any governance context.
Sources #
- GitHubGitHub PR #7 — add-new-admin-broadcast LSPMultiSig and MantleCouncil (merged 2023-11-02, author: shidaxi)https://github.com/mantle-lsp/contracts/pull/7retrieved 2026-05-16
- Protocol Admin Safe MLSPEngL1 — deployed 2026-01-26 by Mantle: Deployer 1 (Etherscan)https://etherscan.io/address/0x432abccb04ddd86db9aa91fa3e03fb566270c9ffretrieved 2026-05-16
- mETH Protocol Docs — Upgradability and Timelock (minDelay=0 confirmed in docs text)https://docs.mantle.xyz/meth/concepts/risk-management/upgradability-and-timelockretrieved 2026-05-16
- Mantle Forum — no discussion thread found for 2026-01-26 Protocol Admin Safe deploymenthttps://forum.mantle.xyz/retrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Determine whether any admin-rescue function or ACL change was committed to the repo or executed on-chain without corresponding public discussion in issues, PRs, or governance forum.
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