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Can governance proposals induce malicious slashing?
Yes, governance proposals can be weaponized to induce malicious slashing. A malicious actor with sufficient voting power could propose and pass a governance update that retroactively changes slashing conditions. For example, they could redefine a previously valid action as a slashable offense and then penalize operators who performed that action in the past. This is a "governance attack" that abuses the system's upgradeability. To mitigate this, reputable AVSes implement timelocks on governance decisions, allowing operators time to exit if a malicious proposal passes, and they strive to make slashing conditions immutable or only upgradable under extremely high thresholds.
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