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Merge pull request #10920 from SomberNight/202609_ln_chan_backup_db_upgrade

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Merge pull request #10920 from SomberNight/202609_ln_chan_backup_db_upgrade

lnutil: refactor channel backup classes to dataclass
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit refactors how Electrum stores Lightning channel backups on disk. It converts backup records from a flexible JSON-style format into a stricter binary format, and adds a one-time database upgrade routine. The change is primarily a code-quality and data-format cleanup, not a fix for an active security flaw. However, any database migration that touches sensitive key material carries a small risk of corruption or mis-handling of secrets if the conversion has bugs.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal maintenance/refactor commit. Reviewers should verify that the _convert_version_72 migration correctly preserves all backup fields (especially optional local_payment_pubkey and multisig_funding_privkey), that the uint16 masking does not alter valid values, and that the new str/blob round-trip in lnworker.py cannot introduce type confusion. No urgent security patch is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Database migration touches Lightning private key material (privkey, channel_seed, multisig_funding_privkey)

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Migration masks legacy int16 sign-extension bugs in funding_index, local_delay, remote_delay, port fields

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Serialization format change from JSON StoredObject to custom binary blob

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New deserialization path checks isinstance(storage, str) and converts hex blob back to object at load time

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No explicit security advisory, CVE, or researcher attribution in commit or supplied references

Risk score

Why this scored 26/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 4/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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