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Informational 23 Bitcoin

rpc: Add abortprivatebroadcast

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Andrew Toth

50/100 · Thin
rpc: Add abortprivatebroadcast

Co-authored-by: l0rinc <pap.lorinc@gmail.com>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a new Bitcoin Core RPC command called abortprivatebroadcast. It lets a node operator stop a transaction that is currently being sent out privately (a privacy feature) and remove it from the outgoing queue. The change is purely additive: it exposes a way to cancel an in-progress private broadcast, but does not by itself create or fix a security vulnerability. It is a user-facing control feature, not a security patch.

Recommended action

No immediate security action required. Treat as a normal feature addition. Operators should ensure RPC access remains authenticated and restricted as with all Bitcoin Core RPC commands. Review whether exposing the ability to abort private broadcasts has any operational or privacy implications for users relying on the private broadcast feature.

Security signals we found

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New RPC surface added (abortprivatebroadcast) under rawtransactions category

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Function matches user-supplied id against both txid and wtxid of queued private broadcasts

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Removes entries from m_tx_for_private_broadcast and adjusts connection accounting

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Returns full serialized transaction hex for removed entries

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Added to RPC_COMMANDS_SAFE_FOR_FUZZING list, indicating developer view of low risk

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No input validation, memory safety, or consensus-critical code changes observed

Risk score

Why this scored 23/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 2/15
Affected reach 4/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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