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wallet: migration, fix watch-only and solvables wallets names

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Authored by furszy

85/100 · Strong
wallet: migration, fix watch-only and solvables wallets names

Because the default wallet has no name, the watch-only and solvables
wallets created during migration end up having no name either.

This fixes it by applying the same prefix name we use for the backup
file for an unnamed default wallet.

Before: watch-only wallet named "_watchonly"
After: watch-only wallet named "default_wallet_watchonly"
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a naming bug during Bitcoin Core wallet migration. When a user migrates the default wallet (which has no name), the newly created watch-only and solvables wallets were being given names like '_watchonly' and '_solvables' instead of 'default_wallet_watchonly' and 'default_wallet_solvables'. The fix applies the same 'default_wallet' prefix already used for backup files. This is primarily a correctness and usability fix, not a security vulnerability, though the resulting name collision could theoretically cause migration failures or confusion.

Recommended action

No urgent security action required. Treat as a normal bug fix. Users relying on wallet migration should ensure they are on a version containing this commit to avoid unexpected wallet names or migration failures when migrating the default wallet.

Security signals we found

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Wallet migration naming collision could cause migration failure or overwrite adjacent wallet directories

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No cryptographic, consensus, or network-layer changes

03

No explicit security impact described by vendor

Risk score

Why this scored 23/100

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