Scores/Venus Protocol

Venus Protocol

DAMASCUS

Lending / Borrowing · BSC · $1.5B+ TVL · 20 contracts

Official site: venus.io ↗

781

3004756508251000

Confidence58%

Z-Factor0.86

Updated 2026-05-27Public score

Security Profile

Access Control
68

Economic Soundness
65

Oracle Integrity
72

Compositional Risk
68

Governance
62

Maturity
80

Resilience
55

Supply Chain
75

Op Security
66

Cascade Exposure
100

Access Ctrl
68

Economic
65

Oracle
72

Compos.
68

Govern.
62

Maturity
80

Resilience
55

Supply Ch.
75

OpSec
66

Cascade
100

Min

Avg

Max

100

Audit History

Certik

2021-04

Peckshield

2023-03

OpenZeppelin

2024-01

Bug Bounty Program

$250,000

Max payout on Immunefi

Assessment

Largest BSC lending protocol, 67+ months live. Compound V2 fork with significant modifications. Historical bad debt and oracle manipulation incidents reduce resilience score. Governance and oracle framework improvements address past issues.

Dimension Breakdown

Methodology

Access Control

Weight 18% · 70% confidence

+17Comptroller admin controls

+17Guardian for emergency

+17Timelocked governance

+17BSC-native access patterns

Provenance

Economic Soundness

Weight 13% · 68% confidence

+22Compound V2 fork economics

-35VAI stablecoin adds risk

+22Liquidation mechanism standard

+22Historical bad debt events

Provenance

Oracle Integrity

Weight 13% · 70% confidence

+18Chainlink + Band oracle

+18Resilient oracle framework

+18Price validation

+18Multi-oracle approach

Provenance

Battle-Tested Maturity

Weight 12% · 80% confidence

+20Live since October 2020 (67+ months)

+20Largest BSC lending protocol

+20Survived multiple incidents

+20Multiple version upgrades

Provenance

Governance & Upgradeability

Weight 10% · 65% confidence

+16XVS governance token

+16Community governance active

+16Binance ecosystem alignment

+16Governance improvements over time

Provenance

Adversarial Resilienceredacted

Weight 10% · 65% confidence

Multiple bad debt incidents historically
Oracle manipulation exploit in 2023
Active bounty program
Incident response improving

Provenance

Operational Security

Weight 10% · 60% confidence

-34No branch protection detected

+13Active CI/CD (80% success rate)

+13Commit signing: 54% verified

+13Strong PR review culture (87% reviewed)

Provenance

Compositional Risk

Weight 5% · 68% confidence

+17BSC ecosystem integration

+17VAI stablecoin dependencies

+17Limited cross-chain

+17LP token collateral

Provenance

Cascade Exposure

Weight 5% · 55% confidence

100

+33Appears in 1 cross-protocol cascade chain(s)

+33Member of 2 dependency cluster(s)

+33Source: cross_protocol_composition.json dependency analysis

Provenance

Supply Chain

Weight 4% · 75% confidence

+19Compound V2 fork

+19Standard Solidity

+19Verified on BscScan

+19Standard dependencies

Provenance

Top Score Drivers

Dimensions with the greatest marginal impact on BRI.

Access Control

68+34.6 potential

Comptroller admin controls

Adversarial Resilience

55+29.6 potential

Economic Soundness

65+27.7 potential

VAI stablecoin adds risk

Governance & Upgradeability

62+23.6 potential

XVS governance token

Oracle Integrity

72+21 potential

Chainlink + Band oracle

Adversarial Risk Signals

Publicly verifiable security posture indicators.

Disclosure HistoryNot Assessed

Remediation VelocityNot Assessed

Bug Bounty ProgramNot Assessed

Audit CoverageNot Assessed

Incident HistoryNot Assessed

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Score History & Verification

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On-Chain Data

Protocol Slug: "venus"
Oracle: BRORegistry (Base)
Evidence: IPFS (pinned)
Staleness Threshold: 24 hours

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