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Low 42 Monero

fix: walletconnect fee refresh (#3153)

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What the developer wrote

Authored by David Adegoke

88/100 · Strong
fix: walletconnect fee refresh (#3153)

* fix: refresh EIP-1559 fees before sign for walletconnect transactions

* fix: add missing data to configure file

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Co-authored-by: Omar Hatem <omarh.ismail1@gmail.com>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This update changes how Cake Wallet refreshes Ethereum-style transaction fees for WalletConnect requests. Before signing a transaction from a connected app, the wallet now fetches fresh network fee data and applies a safety buffer. This helps prevent transactions from being stuck or failing because the fee suggested by the app is too low, but it also means the wallet may override the dApp's fee values. The change is a bug fix, not a clear-cut security patch, and the commit message does not describe it as a security issue.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine bug fix. Review the new _mergeWCBufferedFees logic for edge cases where a malicious or buggy dApp could supply fee values that interact unexpectedly with the wallet's buffer, and verify that the override behavior is clearly communicated to users before signing.

Security signals we found

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Fee-value override before signing

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WalletConnect transaction flow changed

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RPC fee data now refreshed at sign time

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EIP-1559 maxFeePerGas / maxPriorityFeePerGas merging logic added

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No explicit security framing by vendor

Risk score

Why this scored 42/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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