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cln-bip353: add plugin that fetches payment instructions from human readable addresses

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Authored by daywalker90

65/100 · Adequate
cln-bip353: add plugin that fetches payment instructions from human readable addresses

Changelog-Add: new plugin cln-bip353 that can fetch BIP-353 payment instructions from human readable addresses
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides an explanatory body
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a brand-new plugin called cln-bip353 to Core Lightning. The plugin lets users look up Bitcoin/Lightning payment instructions from human-readable addresses like send.some@satsto.me using DNS (BIP-353). It also exposes a new RPC command and gRPC method named fetchbip353. Because this is a large feature addition touching RPC, gRPC, generated Python code, documentation, and tests, it increases the attack surface of the node: any bugs in DNS resolution, DNSSEC proof handling, or parsing of returned payment instructions could affect the node. However, the commit itself is a feature addition, not a documented security fix, and no specific vulnerability is visible in the diff.

Recommended action

Treat this as a routine feature addition with increased external-dependency and network-exposure risk. Review the full plugin source (plugins/bip353-plugin/src/main.rs and config.rs) for secure DNSSEC validation, strict input validation on the address parameter, safe parsing of returned offers/onchain addresses, and least-privilege plugin permissions. Monitor the git dependency bitcoin-payment-instructions for updates and upstream security advisories. Run the new tests and consider fuzzing the address input and DNSSEC proof parsing paths.

Security signals we found

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New plugin performs external network DNS/DoH lookups for user-supplied human-readable addresses

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Adds new RPC/gRPC entry point fetchbip353 that accepts an arbitrary address string

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Uses a git-dependency (bitcoin-payment-instructions) rather than a released crate

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Significantly expands dependency tree with reqwest, tokio-socks, dnssec-prover, wasm-bindgen, web-sys, etc.

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Plugin parses returned payment instructions (BOLT12 offers, onchain addresses) and exposes them via RPC

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No vendor security disclosure or CVE reference present in commit or supplied references

Risk score

Why this scored 33/100

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