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rpcclient: add bitcoind version dependent error matching

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Oliver Gugger

73/100 · Adequate
rpcclient: add bitcoind version dependent error matching

Fixes #2404.
If different versions of bitcoind return different error strings, we
need a way to match those as well.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit updates btcd's RPC client so it can recognize new error messages that a future version of Bitcoin Core (bitcoind v30) will return. Without this change, btcd might misclassify those errors and behave incorrectly when talking to newer bitcoind nodes. It is a compatibility fix, not a fix for an active security vulnerability.

Recommended action

Review callers of MapRPCErr to ensure they handle ErrNonMandatoryScriptVerifyFlag and ErrScriptVerifyFlag correctly; consider adding fuzz or integration tests against bitcoind v30 release candidates; no urgent security patch is required.

Security signals we found

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Error-string matching is inherently fragile and can break on upstream renames

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Misclassification of script-verification errors could affect transaction validation logic in downstream callers

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No input sanitization, memory safety, or cryptographic changes present

Risk score

Why this scored 24/100

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