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Informational 20 Bitcoin

p2p: Add warning message when receiving headers for blocks cached as invalid

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Martin Zumsande

73/100 · Adequate
p2p: Add warning message when receiving headers for blocks cached as invalid

Currently, if database corruption leads to a block being marked as
invalid incorrectly, we can get stuck in an infinite headerssync
loop with no indication what went wrong or how to fix it.
With the added log message, users will receive an explicit warning after each
failed headerssync attempt with an outbound peer.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit only adds a clearer warning message in the log when Bitcoin Core receives block headers for blocks it has already marked as invalid. It does not change how blocks are validated, accepted, or rejected. The goal is to help users diagnose database corruption or consensus incompatibility that can cause an endless 'headers sync' loop, not to fix a security vulnerability.

Recommended action

No security action required; treat as a normal usability/diagnostic improvement. Users seeing the new warning should investigate local database corruption or consensus incompatibility as suggested.

Security signals we found

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Log-only diagnostic change

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No validation or consensus rule modified

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No memory safety, cryptographic, or permission change

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Helps detect local database corruption / consensus divergence

Risk score

Why this scored 20/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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