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Informational 18 Bitcoin

feat(zcash): add single-parse preflight that normalizes checked PCZTs

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Adam Tucker

62/100 · Adequate
feat(zcash): add single-parse preflight that normalizes checked PCZTs
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit refactors Zcash PCZT (Partially-Created Zcash Transaction) handling in the Keystone hardware wallet firmware so that parsing, security checks, and re-serialization can happen in a single pass. It does not remove any existing checks; it mainly adds helper functions and a new public 'preflight' API that returns a normalized, checked version of the transaction bytes. The change appears to be a defensive code-quality improvement rather than a fix for an active vulnerability.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine feature/refactor commit. Review the new preflight callers in the C firmware layer to ensure the returned normalized bytes are used consistently and that no downstream code re-parses untrusted bytes after preflight. No urgent security patch is indicated by this diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Refactors existing validation into reusable parsed-PCZT helpers without removing checks

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Adds new public preflight API that parses, validates, and re-serializes PCZT bytes

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Includes tests for idempotent normalization and rejection of invalid/spoofed PCZTs

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No evidence of bypassed authentication, weakened cryptography, or unsafe deserialization

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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