Deprecated contract paused but pause reversible by live admin

Pendle Finance's assessment for RD-F-167 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

vePENDLE (0x4f30A9D41B80ecC5B94306AB4364951AE3170210) is deprecated but admin retains control. Multiple deprecated market factory versions (V3, V4 coexisting with V6) not formally renounced. No explicit admin-renouncement on deprecated contracts found.

Sources #

Etherscan
vePENDLE — deprecated, admin not renouncedvePENDLE 0x4f30A9D41B80ecC5B94306AB4364951AE3170210 — deprecated per profile §3retrieved 2026-04-29
GitHub
Deployment JSON — multiple factory versionsDeployment JSONs list V3 and V4 market factories alongside V6 — multiple deprecated versionsretrieved 2026-04-29

Methodology #

Determine whether a deprecated-and-paused contract's pause state is revertible by a currently-live admin role.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol pendle factor RD-F-167 score yellow collected_at 2026-04-28 21:09:40