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paymentsdb: verify total amount for last hop in the blinded path

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Authored by ziggie

60/100 · Adequate
paymentsdb: verify total amount for last hop in the blinded path
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a validation check in LND's payment database to ensure that blinded (privacy-preserving) Lightning payments always include a total amount on the final hop. Without this check, a missing total amount could lead to incorrect accounting or routing behavior for blinded payments. The change is defensive and does not appear to fix an active exploit, but it closes a gap where invalid payment data could be stored.

Recommended action

Review whether any other blinded-payment path validations (e.g., total amount consistency across MPP shards, or bounds checking) are also needed. Ensure the new error is handled gracefully by callers and does not cause unintended payment failures.

Security signals we found

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Input validation added for blinded payment attempts

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New error condition for missing total amount on final hop

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Unit test added to enforce the new validation rule

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Defensive hardening in payment state management

Risk score

Why this scored 44/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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