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Informational 15 Bitcoin

fuzz: send compact blocks in cmpctblock harness

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Eugene Siegel

78/100 · Adequate
fuzz: send compact blocks in cmpctblock harness

Using an existing block or a newly created block, send a compact
block message to the target node. Some of the time, the harness
will prefill multiple transactions from the block. Adds a
FuzzedCBlockHeaderAndShortTxIDs class that's used to populate the
protected prefilledtxn and shorttxids fields.
✓ Descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context✓ Mentions testing or verification
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit only adds new fuzz testing code for Bitcoin Core's compact block (CMPCTBLOCK) handling. It does not change any production network or consensus code, so it cannot introduce a runtime security vulnerability in the software users run. It is a test-harness improvement.

Recommended action

No security action required. Review as normal test code if desired.

Security signals we found

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No production code changed

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Only fuzz test harness modified

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Assertions added are test-only invariants

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No memory corruption, authentication bypass, or consensus change signals present

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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