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Informational 21 Bitcoin

script: use SCRIPT_ERR_SCRIPTNUM for CScriptNum errors

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Authored by Bruno Garcia

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script: use SCRIPT_ERR_SCRIPTNUM for CScriptNum errors
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a small cleanup in how Bitcoin reports script errors. It makes the software return a specific 'script number' error code when a transaction script tries to use an oversized or non-minimally encoded number, instead of the generic 'unknown error' it used before. The scripts still fail exactly as they did; only the error label changed. There is no indication this fixes a security vulnerability or changes consensus behavior.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal refactoring/test-update change.

Security signals we found

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New dedicated error code for CScriptNum exceptions

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Test expectations changed from UNKNOWN_ERROR to SCRIPTNUM

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No consensus logic or validation result changed

Risk score

Why this scored 21/100

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