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lightningd: honor `payment-fronting-node` when making bolt12 offers.

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Authored by Rusty Russell

65/100 · Adequate
lightningd: honor `payment-fronting-node` when making bolt12 offers.

We use all the fronting nodes when creating offers.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a feature gap in Core Lightning's BOLT12 offer creation. Previously, the `payment-fronting-node` setting—which lets a node hide behind one or more public 'front' nodes for privacy—was ignored when creating BOLT12 offers. The patch makes the offer plugin read the configured fronting nodes and include them all as blinded paths in generated offers, matching the behavior already intended for invoices. It is a correctness/privacy fix rather than a remote-exploitable vulnerability.

Recommended action

Review as a normal feature/privacy fix. No urgent security response required. Users relying on `payment-fronting-node` for BOLT12 offer privacy should upgrade to a release containing this commit.

Security signals we found

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Privacy feature not applied to BOLT12 offers before this commit

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Adds use of configured `payment-fronting-node` values in offer path generation

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Forces blinded paths when fronting nodes are configured

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Includes test coverage verifying offer path first_node_id matches configured fronting nodes

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No mention of CVE, security advisory, or researcher attribution in commit

Risk score

Why this scored 36/100

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