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Low 47 AI analysisMessage 85 · Strong

1 month, 1 week ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

discovery: fix panic in DNS fallback SRV lookup

This commit fixes a bug in LND's DNS seed bootstrap code that could crash the node. The code assumed every record in a DNS response was an SRV record, so a non-SRV record (like a normal A or CNAME record) would cause a panic. The fix safel…

Unconditional type assertion panic in DNS fallback pathMissing bounds check on LookupHost result before array indexingMissing network deadline on manually dialed DNS TCP connection

2a3642c6by Erick Cestari+252−52 files

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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 83 · Strong

2 months ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

lint: remove redundant loop var copies in test files

This commit is a cleanup-only change that removes unnecessary loop-variable copies in Go test files. Since Go 1.22, loop variables are already scoped per-iteration, so the old `x := x` workarounds are redundant. The change affects only tes…

aca27e27by Erick Cestari+0−271137 files

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Low 34 AI analysisMessage 88 · Strong

2 months, 2 weeks ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

multi: drop tor v2 onion production, keep wire codec faithful

This commit removes support for obsolete Tor v2 onion addresses from the Lightning Network Daemon (lnd). Tor v2 services were shut down by the Tor network in October 2021, so lnd will no longer create, accept, or dial v2 onion addresses. H…

Removal of deprecated network protocol (Tor v2) reduces attack surface and prevents futile/unsafe dials to unreachable services.Input validation added at operator boundaries (ParseAddressString, parseAddr) to reject v2 .onion addresses with a clear error.On-disk legacy key fallback now validates decrypted key type and rejects non-v3 (RSA1024) keys before passing them to Tor.

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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate

2 months, 2 weeks ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

lnrpc: remove deprecated Send* RPC server implementations

This commit removes old, unused code paths for sending Lightning payments through the main RPC server. These RPCs (SendPayment, SendPaymentSync, SendToRoute, SendToRouteSync) were already deleted from the service definition in a prior chan…

Removal of deprecated RPC handlers and macaroon permissionsDeletion of dead payment-dispatch helper codeNo new input parsing, network exposure, or privilege changes introduced

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Low 37 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate

2 months, 2 weeks ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

routerrpc: remove deprecated SendPayment, SendToRoute, TrackPayment impls

This commit removes three old, deprecated payment RPC methods (SendPayment, SendToRoute, and TrackPayment) from the LND Lightning node's router service. These methods were already replaced by newer V2 versions and were only thin wrappers a…

Removal of deprecated RPC surface reduces attack surfaceMacaroon permission entries for removed methods are deletedNo new code paths or logic added

c7dd0a99by Erick Cestari+0−1262 files

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Moderate 59 AI analysisMessage 65 · Adequate

4 months ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

lnwire: validate MuSig2 nonces in LocalNoncesData decode

This change adds a safety check when LND reads stored MuSig2 cryptographic nonces from disk or network data. Previously, a malformed or all-zero nonce could be loaded silently; now the decoder rejects it. MuSig2 nonces are used in multi-si…

Input validation added to deserialization of cryptographic materialMuSig2 nonce validation now enforced at decode timeNew negative test for all-zero / malformed nonce rejection

05f04f74by Erick Cestari+34−222 files

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Moderate 62 AI analysisMessage 73 · Adequate

4 months, 2 weeks ago

LL Lightning LabsLND BitcoinLightning Network

lnwire: validate MuSig2 nonce points on wire decode

This change tightens input checking for a special type of cryptographic value (a MuSig2 nonce) that peers send to each other in Lightning Network messages. Before, a peer could send bytes that looked like a nonce but were not valid points …

Input validation added at wire decode boundary for cryptographic public nonce pointsPreviously invalid secp256k1 points accepted in 66-byte MuSig2 nonce field could reach MuSig2 session creationMalformed peer input now rejected with explicit errors before protocol state machine processing

7517295eby Erick Cestari+64−176 files

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High 72 AI analysisMessage 83 · Strong

4 months, 4 weeks ago

BT btcsuitebtcd BitcoinNode implementations

wire: bound witness read to remaining slab

This commit fixes a bug in btcd's transaction decoding where a malformed Bitcoin transaction could claim witness data larger than the internal decode buffer. Before the fix, this could cause a panic (crash) when the code tried to copy data…

Out-of-bounds slice access/panic in network message decoderMalformed P2P transaction can trigger crash (denial of service)Missing bounds check on remaining buffer capacity

3bf00861by Erick Cestari+76−12 files

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Informational 15 AI analysisMessage 100 · Strong

5 months, 3 weeks ago

EP Elements Projectlibwally-core BitcoinCryptographic librariesSoftware wallets

build: add fuzzing infrastructure for security testing

This commit only adds new build options and a test harness for fuzzing (automated security testing). It does not change any existing library code that handles PSBTs or other data, so it cannot by itself introduce a security vulnerability o…

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Moderate 60 AI analysisMessage 85 · Strong

6 months ago

RB Rust Bitcoinrust-bitcoin BitcoinCryptographic libraries

psbt: Add bounds check for non-witness UTXO output index

This commit fixes a validation gap in how the library handles Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBTs). A PSBT can include a reference to a previous transaction output (the 'non-witness UTXO') that doesn't actually exist. Before this …

Bounds check added for PSBT non-witness UTXO output indexNew error variant provides detailed context for out-of-bounds referencesAligns behavior with Bitcoin Core PSBT deserialization

9cfc3f09by Erick Cestari+44−36 files

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Informational 12 AI analysisMessage 77 · Adequate

10 months, 3 weeks ago

LDK Lightning Dev Kitrust-lightning BitcoinCryptographic librariesLightning Network

test(invoice): add new BOLT11 test vector to test public-key recovery high-S signature

This commit only adds a new test case to the rust-lightning invoice test suite. It exercises how the library handles a BOLT11 invoice containing a high-S signature during public-key recovery. There is no code change to the actual invoice p…

High-S signature mentioned in commit title and messagePublic-key recovery mentioned in commit title and messageTest-only change: no source code modification

c678a9a2by Erick Cestari+20−01 file

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